--- title: George W. Bush Had Jury Duty description: Jurors in Dallas were in for a surprise on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/3986224/george-w-bush-jury-duty/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-05T19:58:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:16.110Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Former President George W. Bush Show Up for Jury Duty og:description: Even former presidents can't escape jury duty og:url: https://time.com/3986224/george-w-bush-jury-duty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Former President George W. Bush Show Up for Jury Duty twitter:description: Even former presidents can't escape jury duty twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Former President George W. Bush Show Up for Jury Duty ## Video: Know Right Now: Ten Candidates Chosen For Republican Presidential Debate [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Ten Candidates Chosen For Republican Presidential Debate](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/36NSTNo2.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-08-04. Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ben Carson, and Mike Huckabee, will participate in the first official debate. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, and John Kasich will also participate._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Aug 5, 2015 7:58 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Aug 5, 2015 7:58 PM UTC Even former presidents can’t get out of jury duty. George W. Bush caused a stir in Dallas when he reported for jury duty at a downtown courthouse. [According to The Dallas _Morning News_](http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/former-president-george-w-bush-causes-a-stir-at-george-allen-courthouse-when-called-for-jury-duty.html/), Bush spoke and took photos with the other jurors. > [](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/628985289965502466) Secret Service personnel could be seen outside the court while the former U.S. leader was inside. “I turned around and he was seated right behind me and I said, “I think I know that guy,” a potential juror told _Morning News_. “Then the judge introduced him and said it was an honor to have the former president of the United States in the court.” \[[The Dallas Morning News](http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/former-president-george-w-bush-causes-a-stir-at-george-allen-courthouse-when-called-for-jury-duty.html/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3986224/george-w-bush-jury-duty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3986224/george-w-bush-jury-duty/"},"headline":"See Former President George W. 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