Opinion of the amendments (Amendment VII)

[Meeker]

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.

1st Amendment: 93% Keep it, 7% Repeal it
2nd Amendment: 65% Keep it, 35% Repeal it
3rd Amendment: 94% Keep it, 6% Repeal it
4th Amendment: 96% Keep it, 4% Repeal it
5th Amendment: 94% Keep it, 6% Repeal it
6th Amendment: 92% Keep it, 8% Repeal it

[k-onmmunist]

Repeal. Trial by jury isn't as good an idea as it sounds.

[Person Man]

Trial By Jury and Double Jeopardy are VERY IMPORTANT. We need these laws to keep judges and prosecutors from going mad with power.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Trial By Jury and Double Jeopardy are VERY IMPORTANT. We need these laws to keep judges and prosecutors from going mad with power.

     I think this has more to do with appeals than double jeopardy (which is mentioned in the 5th amendment), but it's still very important. Keep it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

At a minimum, the $20 floor needs to be increased (or at least it needs to be interpreted as 20 silver or gold dollars). Inflation has rendered the $20 figure absurd.

In any case, this amendment is about civil cases, not criminal ones.  The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is in the 6th Amendment.

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Imagine if someone sued about not getting that $30 for the first day of jury duty. The jury selection of jurors for that case would be hilarious.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Modify it (replace/remove the twenty dollars clause)

[k-onmmunist]

Just in case anyone's interested, $20 from 1791 (Year of the consitution) is now worth:

Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008,  $20.00  from 1791 is worth:
   $473.19    using the Consumer Price Index
   $454.69    using the GDP deflator
        using the value of consumer bundle
   $7,958.14    using the unskilled wage
   $18,849.64    using the nominal GDP per capita
   $1,418,054.88    using the relative share of GDP

http://www.measuringworth.com/index.html

[John Dibble]

Repeal. Trial by jury isn't as good an idea as it sounds.

The only alternative to trial by jury is to let the judge render the verdict. A group of fallible people or one fallible person. Neither is perfect, and each has advantages and disadvantages. In civil trials, I would say that a judge is usually the better option, but in criminal trials a jury is probably better.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'm not a fan of jury trials in civil cases.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I'm not a fan of jury trials in civil cases.

When they dole  out countless miliions to a stupid bitch who pours hot coffee on her crotch and is pissed cause she didnt know how hot it was, then I agree.

[JSojourner]

At a minimum, the $20 floor needs to be increased (or at least it needs to be interpreted as 20 silver or gold dollars). Inflation has rendered the $20 figure absurd.

In any case, this amendment is about civil cases, not criminal ones.  The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is in the 6th Amendment.

Ernest and I don't often agree, but this is one we seem to be in lock step on. 

[Senator Robert A. Taft]

At a minimum, the $20 floor needs to be increased (or at least it needs to be interpreted as 20 silver or gold dollars). Inflation has rendered the $20 figure absurd.

That seems right to me.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

At a minimum, the $20 floor needs to be increased (or at least it needs to be interpreted as 20 silver or gold dollars). Inflation has rendered the $20 figure absurd.

That seems right to me.

Same here.  Perhaps peg it to inflation, or reset it at a higher total, maybe $500?

[Person Man]

At a minimum, the $20 floor needs to be increased (or at least it needs to be interpreted as 20 silver or gold dollars). Inflation has rendered the $20 figure absurd.

That seems right to me.

Same here.  Perhaps peg it to inflation, or reset it at a higher total, maybe $500?

The 7th may or may not be incorporated to the states. I don't think it is. If it isn't, in order to get to Federal Court, you have to satisfy their minimal item of controversy requirement of $70,000 and you would probably have to have diversity amongst parties as well.

So, we have, even with inflation, raised the item of controvery requirement between 500 and 10000%.

Trial By Jury and Double Jeopardy are VERY IMPORTANT. We need these laws to keep judges and prosecutors from going mad with power.

     I think this has more to do with appeals than double jeopardy (which is mentioned in the 5th amendment), but it's still very important. Keep it.

Sorry. Brain fart. This is a civil context.

I'm not a fan of jury trials in civil cases.

When they dole  out countless miliions to a stupid bitch who pours hot coffee on her crotch and is pissed cause she didnt know how hot it was, then I agree.

Well, look at the 8th. That amendment is supposed to give you some protection against that. Gore v. BMW (1995).