Allows you to have a civil jury for something that cost more that $20. This was important to the settlers because the judges at the time were loyal to the king of England. And gave the people a unfair trial. They even took away a trial by jury what made the people angry at the king, Because they were unable to get a fair trial. So now you are able to get a fair trial for anything that cost more than $20.
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Tull v. United States
Tull was charged with discharging waste into a wastland but when in court he was denied the right to a jury. This is when he took the case to the supreme court where they sided with Tull that it was agaiust his seventh amendment that he didn't receive a jury. |