Amendment 7

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


This amendment deals with civil suits that exceed what is now 75,000 dollars. It garauntees that in these suits a trial by jury is garaunteed, so that the judge would not be subject to bribery and the decision could not be biased. In 1938 congress amended these rules. The Judge can instruct the jury what to consider when making thier decision, and can overturn thier decision if he feels that they decided the suit the wrong way. These abilities give much more power to judges than the founders originally intended, but still allow for a fair trial in civil cases. This amendment has still not been incorporated to the states.