Friday, October 29, 2010

Amendment VII

 In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. 

This amendment gives people the right to a jury in civil cases where are $75,000. It protects citizens from the possibility of being judged unfairly in larger cases, so the person is given a group of people to look at their case, rather than just one person.




In this video, the man explains the 7th amendment as it serves the right of the people to trial by jury in civil cases.




Here the person explains how a person has the right to trial by jury, rather than just a judge, in cases that exceed $75,000.






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