7th Amendment

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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.

Cartoon displays the plaintiffs failure to sue the defendant for the proper amount to win for their lose property.

http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20130512/News/305129922/?Start=3
~ This article explores the " right of trial by jury shall be preserved" A doctor prescribed a medication to an 11 year old boy who committed suicide due to the side effects. The doctor's lawyers wanted a trial by jury but were denied because they did not pay the court cost associated with having a jury by the deadline. 

The 7^th Amendment guarantees a jury for trials and cases that deprives one of life and liberty where there's criminal prosecution for death and civil cases dealing with money exceeding twenty dollars. In a federal case a judge makes decisions on the law, moves to decide the equitable relief, how the evidence is used, and if a judge believes the jury disregards the facts and evidence the judge can overturn the verdict. The founders saw juries as a check on judges and jury decides guilt or innocence. Current day federal law civil cases have gone from $20 to $75,000.