MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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It protects the right of civil trial by jury, which is protected bey other amendments
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It concerns civil trial, which are much rarer now then when the amendment was ratified
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it specifies an amount of money that has much less value now than when the amendment was ratified.
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It refers to the rules of the common law that have rewritten many times since the amendment was ratified
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interestingly enough, the exact wording of the Seventh Amendment doesn’t generate much debate, not even the Twenty Dollar Clause. The amount has never been changed to account for inflation, which would put the amount over $500 today.
Detailed explanation-3: -This lack of jury trials may seem strange, as the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to jury trial in certain civil cases. There are two main types of court systems in the United States: federal and state. The Seventh Amendment requires civil jury trials only in federal courts.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the National Constitution Center, both times the term “common law” is used in the Seventh Amendment refers to “the law and procedure of the courts that used juries, as opposed to Equity and other courts that did not use juries."