Critical Thinking:
Famous football star Oxford Jack Wilson is about to stand trial for murdering his brother-in-law, a man who had also served as his agent and accountant. Just before jury selection is about to begin, you are hired as a consultant to assist his legal team. You immediately offer three suggestions. Your first is that the legal defense team attempt to get as many men-preferably football fans-on the jury as possible. Your next suggestion is to make sure that the courtroom is packed with members of the media, in the hope of making Oxford Jack appear to be a celebrity. Your final suggestion is that the attorneys do whatever they can to have potentially-damaging DNA evidence excluded before trial. The lawyers get to work on immediately implementing your ideas.
-The attempt to exclude women from the jury could be deemed inconsistent with the principles articulated in what Supreme Court case?

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Excluding women from the jury would be inconsistent with the principles articulated in Taylor v. Louisiana. This case held that excluding women from juries on the basis of their gender violated the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Therefore, the suggestion to get as many men on the jury as possible would be inappropriate and potentially discriminatory. The suggestions to pack the courtroom with media members and exclude damaging DNA evidence may still be pursued, but the suggestion to exclude women from the jury should be abandoned.

Critical Thinking: Famous Football Star Oxford Jack Wilson Is About to Stand