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Sheng Ji Yang posted 06-12-99 02:38 PM ET

quote:
Amendment VII
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.
Obviously, it is no longer practical to enforce a $20 limit on civil lawsuits, but I would be interested in how much $20 dollars in the 1776 is worth now. As in couldn�t be more than $20000 or so, I think that our judicial system violates the Bill of rights on a daily basis with its multi-million dollar rulings.
Sheng Ji Yang posted 06-12-99 02:42 PM ET
Oh ****! I misread the 7th Amendment. But I still would be interested as to what $20 then is worth now.
Plasmoid posted 06-12-99 03:09 PM ET
What has been the cumulative interest on the $20 since 1776?
David Floyd posted 06-17-99 09:56 AM ET
Actually the US government violates the Bill of Rights every day, by passing and enforcing gun control laws, not to mention laws banning prayer in school, etc.
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Author	Topic: Has the US government ignored The Bill of Rights?
Sheng Ji Yang	posted 06-12-99 02:38 PM ET quote: Amendment VII 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. Obviously, it is no longer practical to enforce a $20 limit on civil lawsuits, but I would be interested in how much $20 dollars in the 1776 is worth now. As in couldn�t be more than $20000 or so, I think that our judicial system violates the Bill of rights on a daily basis with its multi-million dollar rulings.
Sheng Ji Yang	posted 06-12-99 02:42 PM ET Oh ****! I misread the 7th Amendment. But I still would be interested as to what $20 then is worth now.
Plasmoid	posted 06-12-99 03:09 PM ET What has been the cumulative interest on the $20 since 1776?
David Floyd	posted 06-17-99 09:56 AM ET Actually the US government violates the Bill of Rights every day, by passing and enforcing gun control laws, not to mention laws banning prayer in school, etc.