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Basics of The Seventh Amendment
Limits of the 7th Amendment
True or False
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Order in the Court ( FUN FACTS )
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this right is promised to every individual due to the 7th amendment
What is the right to a jury trial? The seventh amendment gives citizens the right to a civil jury trial.
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This is the least amount you can sue for
What is $20 This is a limit because some issues that are over $20 shouldn't be important enough to bring to court. Small issues are tedious in court and are sometimes a waste of time.
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TRUE OR FALSE: In civil cases, the person suing is called plaintiff
What is TRUE Plaintiff is a term referred to the person who is suing the other person, who is known as the defendant.
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The 7th amendment only supports __________ cases.
What is civil? The 7th amendment only gives regards to civil cases while the 6th amendment supports trial by jury in CRIMINAL cases.
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What is the "hammer" that a judge uses to keep the court in order or to make a statement?
What is a gavel?
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The 7th amendment concerns these type of court cases
What are civil cases? Criminal cases are elaborated on and protected by the sixth amendment.
200
Trial by jury is an individual right given to citizens due to this amendment. However, the majorly important figure in the court is who?
Who is a judge? The reason this a limit is because even though the right to trial by jury is what is granted in the 7th amendment, it is usually the judge who makes the final decision, regardless of the jury's verdict.
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The $20 clause wasn't incorporated into the Bill of Rights by the Supreme Court
What is TRUE? Because of different circumstances, the lowest amount of money that someone can sue in a civil case is $75,000.
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A jury is made up of _______ people.
What is 12? In a trial by jury, there are 12 jury members present.
200
a section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a jury trial for civil cases in the federal courts.
What is the seventh amendment?
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This was the least amount of money that someone can sue for in a civil case when it was originally written
What is $20 When the bill of rights were originally written, it was during a time when $20 was a large amount of money.
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If a case is deemed this, the seventh amendment could not protect you.
What is a criminal case? The sixth amendment protects criminal cases.
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TRUE OR FALSE: The seventh amendment also gives everyone in a civil trial by jury the right to a lawyer and/or attorney
What is FALSE The right to lawyer is given in the sixth amendment, which has to do with criminal cases.
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Examples of civil cases are: ____________, _____________, ___________,______________,__________,____________, etc. ( Name at least two)
What are divorce, child support, child custody, personal injury, contract violations, and/or property damage. A civil case settles a personal or business conflict when an individual or group feels wronged by a defendant or cannot come to an agreement on an existing legal matter.
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James Madison added the 7th amendment to the Bill of Rights because people were afraid that ___________ would be too powerful and wouldn't be fair.
Who are Judges?
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the right to jury trial is guaranteed in these kinds of courts
What are federal courts? It is stated in the 7th amendment that the right to a civil jury trial is promised in federal courts.
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this adjustment to the amendment was made that now doesn't require these courts to provide civil trial by jury
What are state (courts)? The U.S. Supreme court made it so citizens were not guaranteed trial by jury in civil cases.
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True or False: every court, whether it is a federal or state court, must hold a civil jury trial.
What is FALSE? The U.S. Supreme Court has required states to protect almost every other right in the Bill of Rights, such as the right to criminal jury trial, but the Court has not required states to hold civil jury trials. Only federal courts have this requirement.
400
The roman numerals for the Seventh Amendment are _______.
What is VII? The seventh amendment is referred to as Amendment VII sometimes.
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The seventh amendment was written in 1791 on this month
What is December?
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this founding father, federalist, writer of the Constitution and former President of the United States was the one who incorporated the seventh amendment into the bill of rights
Who is James Madison? James Madison was the writer of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. The bill of rights was later added to the Constitution as a compromise for the Anti-Federalists and Federalists.
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In a civil case, plaintiffs can't sue these people; there are immune from suit.
What is the government? The government has immunity and may not be sued unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit.
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True or False: The seventh amendment only covers civil cases?
What is TRUE? If the case is deemed a criminal matter it is covered by the sixth amendment, not the seventh.
500
The ______________ is the person or group being sued.
Who is the defendant? The defendant is being sued while the plaintiff is the one suing them.
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By not allowing citizens this, the U.S, would be violating their rights.
What is trial by jury (and in the seventh amendment's case, civil trial by jury)