Interactive Constitution Part 2

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7th Amendment
"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" (Constitution of the United States).

The 7th Amendment says that one can get a trail judged by peers for any civil case that involves more than twenty dollars. A judge cannot override or influence the jury to choose one decision.

This amendment is very outdated. At the time of the constitution, twenty dollars was a lot of money. Nowadays, twenty dollars has a lesser value. The system has also changed. There are now different types of courts, such as small claims. To try someone in a small claims court the controversy has to exceed five hundred dollars and the decision is made by a judge instead of a jury. The amendment does not apply anymore though it continues to be apart of the bill of rights.