Jack of Harts

The Seventh Amendment to the US Constitution dictates that in any common law suit involving more than twenty dollars, there is a right to a trial by jury. In addition, if a jury rules on a fact, that fact cannot be re-examined in a court by any standard outside the common law. The law at the time was heavily weighted in favor of those who could pay the most money for their justice, and the jury trial was seen as a way to limit that. And stating that the jury’s verdict was final was meant to stop dissatisfied litigants from simply going to a more friendly court and suing again. These were real life issues with the common law of the time that the Founding Fathers wanted to see forever banned in America.