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.

Gamez and More had a Magic the Gathering release tournament last Friday, so I’m running the monthly Alpha Strike Demo this coming Friday. Come on over to Gamez and More, in the shopping center across the road from Silver Lake Shopping Center, in Rochester Minnesota. I bring everything you need to play, but if you want to bring a Wolfnet 350 army, I’m happy to play against that as well. My Taurians are always willing to lock horns with someone else.

Eighty years ago today, the fighting continued between German and Allied forces in Normandy. The Allies were busy liberating occupied towns, while the Germans were trying to slow them down or halt them. But the Allies had focused their air power to the point that they had absolute control of the skies over Normandy, and Allied warships were happy to provide artillery support to any location in need of major hammering. The Allies were busy building a new runway above Omaha Beach to send wounded back to England for treatment, and creating two new artificial ports through the rapid expedient of driving old ships in and sinking them to create new breakwaters. The Allies were building the infrastructure they needed to maintain their beachhead in Fortress Europe.