1. "This Court firmly has rejected the view that assumptions of partiality based on race provide a legitimate basis for disqualifying a person as an impartial juror." Georgia v. McCollum, 505 U.S. 42, 59 (1992). Does a trial court violate the Equal Protection Clause when it removes a Filipino juror over the objection of a Filipino criminal defendant because it does not "want any allegiance to one party" -- the defendant -- "over the other based upon racial identification"?

2. Does a trial court's removal of a seated Filipino juror over the objection of a Filipino criminal defendant because it does not "want any allegiance to one party" -- the defendant -- "over the other based upon racial identification" violate the defendant's constitutional rights to an impartial jury or to due process?

Whether a trial court violates the Equal Protection Clause by removing a Filipino juror over the objection of a Filipino criminal defendant because it does not 'want any allegiance to one party' - the defendant - 'over the other based upon racial identification'