When Identity Politics Enters the Jury Room

Todd examines juror Paula Devlin's television interviews following the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, focusing on Gayle King's reaction to learning that the lone holdout was the jury's only Black member. He argues that the exchange exposes the contradictions of judging people through race and gender, and he criticizes jurors who described their deliberations as an opportunity to create social change rather than decide the case from the evidence and the law. Todd also responds to Texas Senate candidate James Talarico's reversal of his earlier claim that there are six biological sexes, questioning whether the change reflects conviction or election-year calculation.