I can’t believe it. It’s amazing that Obama even showed up in the first place. Being president is the EASIEST OUT OF ALL TIME from jury duty. Yes, there’s the risk of potential criticism over not performing your civic duty, but that’s easily outweighed by the fact that you were the president of United States and you can’t be expected to dabble in trivial things like that. What does the defendant think? Fuck, what does the judge think? Look, I’ve been on a jury before, and the entire thing is based on the fact that you feel like a fish out of water. You literally have no idea what is going on, and you rely on the judge/officers of the court to tell you how to act/sit/breathe. The only exception to this is if you’ve been on jury duty before and you realize that it’s the easiest job in the world (except for deciding on whether somebody’s guilty or not), but that’s not the point. The point is: how the hell is this trial going to run effectively if everybody keeps trying to snap selfies with Obama? Who in the deliberating jury room is anybody going to be able to disagree with Obama? Talk about a circus. Maybe this is just a brilliant move on his part. He gets to be the guy who shows up and does his civic duty, and definitely doesn't get picked! And so it’s a win-win for Obama: you’re the hero we all needed, and you get to go home early from the courthouse.

P.S. I just saw he didn’t get picked. Well played, Barack Obama, well played indeed.