Amendment Seven
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.
Amendment seven is all about lawsuits
and the act of suing another person. When this amendment was made, the amount
had to be at least 20 dollars in order for the dispute to be handled by federal
court. Back then, that was a lot of money. Today, the amount required is
$75,000. The other portion of amendment seven is that if a person goes to court
it must be a court standard by the government.
I
have mixed emotions on this one. For me, $75,000 is a lot of money, so what if
I wanted to make a case of only $50,000? On the other hand, I think the fact
that it is such a high amount makes it have more importance and it will assure
the courts are not wasting their time on such an irrelevant case that does not
involve a lot of money.
I found this political cartoon and
instantly loved it. It shows my meaning above that a case being smaller than
the required amount is irrelevant. We can just pretend it says $75,000 instead
of $20! J The picture is just a simple explanation of the amendment
seven.
Again… very sorry for the acting in the
video; it was the only video I could find that gave a proper example of the
seventh amendment dealing with money. Just skip to the end and you will see! It just shows a more modernized version that younger people will understand.
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