Amendment VII

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 reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

     This amendment guarantees jury trials in cases that deprive ones of life and liberty. The seventh amendment can also get hit on the civil side as well. In a way, this amendment was a check on the judges. In a federal case, the judge decides the issue on the law and moves to decide the equitable relief. The jury decides the guilt of innocence as the judge decides on how the evidence can be used. If the judge believes that the jury has disregarded facts and evidence, he can say no and start completely over. Something key to this amendment is the Miranda rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_HJW5rW_2I

     This video includes two roommates and one of them uses the others credit card an puts a lot of money on it. He ended up getting fed up with the guy using his credit card and said he was going to take him to court because he has a right to trial by a jury. This video also mentions some cases that happened that also have to deal with the seventh amendment.

 

 

     This is a funny picture of what the seventh amendment entails. This picture is depicting a twenty dollar bill with the less than or equal to sign to a couple of guys at a trial. These two pictures equal a grand jury. This is what the seventh amendment states. That if the controversy is twenty dollars or more, then they have the right for a trial by a jury.