Originally Posted by
PTravel
As for the legality of courthouse searches, I have no idea -- I've never researched it. I don't imagine, however, wanting to not submit to a search to enter a courtroom is going to be regarded as credible grounds for failing to report for jury duty.
You'd be
reporting, you just wouldn't be allowed in the jury room. I, too, don't understand how a jury summons could compell somebody to be allowed to be searched. There's also a Sixth Amendment issue in criminal cases. A defendant is entitled to a jury of his peers. Here, the jury are all people who've voluntarily consented to a search. I doubt those would be "peers" of many defendants.