They couldn't be tried in a civilian court because the case would be instantly thrown out, and aquittal was not an option for the US electorate.
How could we possibly pretend to know what the US electorate wants to hear from its prospective representatives?
Dominating the US electorate are two parties.
White voters represented 81% of the US electorate eight years ago and 74% this year, according to exit polls.
On this occasion the US electorate had got it right, several said.
I would not expect most guardianistas to know the Obama fatigue spreading throughout the US electorate but it is clearly there.
A large chunk of the US electorate is 'thinking' like Bronze Age cave dwellers, and it's getting worse.
That's what the US electorate should change.
The pundits are saying that the Republican party has forgotten how to appeal outside some very discreet segments of the US electorate.
In that environment, it's entirely possible that the US electorate may not recognize or care much about the implications of a few scientific questions.