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Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law.

许多美国人将陪审团制度视为关键民主价值观的具体体现，包括以下原则：所有符合年龄和读写能力最低要求的公民在担任陪审员方面都是同样胜任的；陪审员应从社区中具有代表性的各个群体中随机选出；不应因种族、宗教、性别或民族出身而剥夺任何公民担任陪审员的权利；被告有权接受同辈的审判；以及陪审团的裁决应体现社区的良知，而不仅仅是法律条文。

In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.

在直接民主中，公民轮流自己治理，而不是选举代表来代为治理。

Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches.

公民仍然有权期望私人文件保持私密，并受到宪法禁止不合理搜查条款的保护。

Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens.

在被评估的163个国家中，英国在确保经济增长转化为对公民有意义的改善方面，是表现最差的国家之一。

But the ruling reinforces the need for citizens and their elected representatives, not the courts, to ensure equality of access to government.

但这一裁决强调了公民及其当选代表，而非法院，需要确保公众平等接触政府的机会。