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Each attorney and/or the judge asks the potential juror questions designed to discover any potential
bias or prejudice for or against the parties or issues in the case. If the juror concedes such a bias or if
evidence suggests he or she may have one, the attorney may ask the court to strike the juror "for cause"
and remove him or her from the pool of potential jurors in that case. If the judge refuses to remove the
potential juror "for cause," the attorney will consider whether to use one of his or her "peremptory strikes"
to remove the juror. In federal civil trials, each party can make up to three peremptory strikes to remove
a juror without providing a reason.