What is true about peremptory challenges in jury selection?

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Peremptory challenges let a party strike a potential juror without giving a reason. The key limitation is that these strikes cannot be used to exclude someone solely because of race or gender. When a Batson issue arises, the other side may require a race-neutral justification for the strike, and the judge then decides whether the strike is permissible. So you can strike for many reasons, but not to discriminate on race or gender. The statement that they may be used for any reason including race is not correct, because that would violate Batson. They don’t require separate court approval for each strike, and they apply to regular jurors as well as alternates, not only alternates.