Senator John McCain wasn't shy about performing his civic duty on Monday, sharing the news with his followers on social media as he served jury duty near his home in Phoenix, Arizona.
“Just got selected for a panel — let's see what happens next #juryduty,” he tweeted.
"Not selected for this jury trial, but may need to report back this afternoon," he later wrote, which was followed by the news that he was off the hook and done for the day.
McCain is the latest in a string of high-profile folks who, as registered voters, have cooled their heels in the halls of justice along with the average American, and shared details from their service on social media.
Last week Lebron James uploaded a photo of himself to Instagram as he headed to fulfill his jury duty summons, showing off the outfit he'd chosen for the big day. "Jury duty time. Time to serve my civic duty," he wrote.
TODAY’s own Al Roker was chided for Tweeting a photo he snapped of other potential jurors. After Roker was scolded by the court he shared his apologies.
“Going back into the courtroom, [with] iPhone buried deep in my bag," he later posted on Twitter. Roker was not picked for a jury.
In 2010, comedian Steve Martin was also criticized for taking to Twitter to "live blog" his experience at jury duty.
“REPORT FROM JURY DUTY: defendant looks like a murderer. GUILTY. Waiting for opening remarks," the 67-year-old actor wrote, later adding: “REPORT FROM JURY DUTY: guy I thought was up for murder turns out to be defense attorney. I bet he murdered someone anyway."
His publicist later said Martin’s tweets were just jokes and not actual observations from his time in court, and Martin himself told NPR he was just "pretending" after being called for jury duty numerous times.
For many years in Manhattan, celebrities didn't have to be just like us — stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Brokaw and Julianna Margulies could be exempt from jury duty so long as they participated in Jury Appreciation Day, an annual event where they spoke to public school kids about the importance of their civic duty.
After cutbacks in 2011, however, Jury Appreciation Day was canceled and New York City celebs were forced to serve like the rest of the population.
But the rich, famous, and easily identifiable have found they rarely end up in the jury box.
"I've never done jury duty and I've gone, but there's no defense attorney who is going to have Elliot Stabler [serve on a case],” Law & Order: SVU actor Christopher Meloni told Jimmy Fallon in 2010. “They just take a look at me and go, 'Thank you for trying.'"