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.
What it means to me...
This amendment basically requires a trial by jury in lawsuits where ordinary damages are sought. However, a jury is not required in family cases, such as those dealing with divorce or child custody.
The following is a political cartoon...
This cartoon is joking about how people hate the fact that they are often required to do jury duty. It may be a pain, but we need juries to hear our cases.
The following is a website blog about the seventh amendment...
This newspaper article talks about how the Supreme Court was upholding the High Court verdict declaring that the 7th amendment was now void. The military rule of HM Ershad stands illegitimate as the Supreme Court upheld the High Court verdict in May 2011 that had declared the seventh amendment to the constitution void, since they had approved the regime illegal.
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