The 7th
amendment is a very important amendment to the American Bill of Rights because it has to do
with how the judicial system is run. The amendment states that 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.
The 7th Amendment is one of the most important guidelines concerning our judicial
system. The Amendment rose out of controversy surrounding the original Constitution, as many
states felt it lacked enough information on how civil trials would proceed. Once the Amendment
was drafted, it was quickly adopted. Its original intent was to divide the civil court into two
branches: common law and equity. The common law courts, those dealing specifically with
monetary values exceeding 20 dollars, would be judged by a jury.......
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