Peer is a word with definitions you can look up in any dictionary. Regarding its usage in the US constitution you need to also consider the era - that has been done in courts long ago. A peer is, in shortest version, someone from your community who has equal status as you, ie not a government official or someone flown in from some other place.
At the time of writing of the US Constitution many criminal trials were decided by "juries" but they would be a committee of local council members or judges and shit like that.
Empire_of_the_Mind 1 points 11 months ago
Peer is a word with definitions you can look up in any dictionary. Regarding its usage in the US constitution you need to also consider the era - that has been done in courts long ago. A peer is, in shortest version, someone from your community who has equal status as you, ie not a government official or someone flown in from some other place.
At the time of writing of the US Constitution many criminal trials were decided by "juries" but they would be a committee of local council members or judges and shit like that.