The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 7 (Amendments 1-10 are known as the Bill Of Rights) (7th Amendment)
Amendment VII. (Trial by Jury in Civil Cases)
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.
7th Amendment – Michael Badnarik Bill of Rights Class
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- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 1-10 are known as the Bill Of Rights, from The National Archives
- Seventh Amendment – CRS Annotated Constitution
- Seventh Amendment – Wikipedia
- Seventh Amendment – Findlaw
- The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription – The National Archives
- United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions – Law Library of Congress
- The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation – FDsys
- Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, Govinfo.gov
- “Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power,” CRS Report RL30315 (31-page PDF
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- “The Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Cases Part 2: Identifying Civil Cases with a Right to a Jury Trial,” CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10884 (5-page PDF
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- “The Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Cases Part 1: Introduction and Historical Background,” CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10883 (11-page PDF
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- Bill of Rights Card, from Two Seas Media
- “The Constitutionality of the Withdrawal of All Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Questions Involving State-Sponsored Prayer in Public Schools and Public Buildings,” CRS Report SP-79 (34-page PDF
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- “Congressional Authority Over the Federal Courts,” CRS Report RL32926 (39-page PDF
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- Meta-EE and The Constitution Part 5: Sixth and Seventh Amendments
- Reexamination Clause – Heritage Guide to the Constitution
- Right to Jury in Civil Cases – Heritage Guide to the Constitution
The Seventh Amendment Explained: The Constitution for Dummies Series
“When First My Old, Old Love I Knew,” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s – Trial By Jury

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