Amendment 7: Right to a trial by jury

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.

This further covers the right to trial by jury in civil cases. It is important in making sure the that jury is the and their decision is upheld. The judge only acts as a guide in the law and how the court is ran, but ultimately the deciding factor is the jury of peers. This really upholds our right as citizens to be tried fairly, without a judge or member of court stripping us of being heard in front of a jury.

This video covers the significance of placing the power into the people of the jury in trials. Our Founding Fathers could have maintained their power in this sense, but was instead placed in our hands. It gives great insight into the working man judging cases of his state, to larger cases involving serious crimes. The decision must be weighed by peers and not the government.

This video highlights some great points of this amendment and backs it up with real-life examples of cases. They even had a chance to laugh about how hard it would be to change the $20 minimum as it has remained unchanged since its inception. This does a good job of determining jury cases where issues aside from criminal ones, still get a jury to hear the trial. While the jury can be more sympathetic in common cases, it can lead to large financial awardings which they highlighted some of the laws preventing things like a runaway jury.