Re:Family Farm Wins Historic Case After Feds Violate Constit...
by somenameforme on Sunday August 24, 2025 @03:39AM
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I'm not reciting anybody's argument, only the basic facts. And that's what I mean by there are no 'two sides' here because the basic facts just don't really leave room for debate. And your opinion that people should not be able to receive a trial by their peers is not only rather obviously subject to extremes of tyranny, but also completely unconstitutional. The 7th Amendment, part of the bill of rights, guarantees the right to a trial by jury for any issue. In fact that's the entire point of the rather short amendment:
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"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."
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It was written in the times before governments started printing funny money so $20 remained fairly consistent, but even if you want it inflation adjusted it's about $700. And in this case, there was hundreds of thousands of dollars and the entire livelihood of numerous people at stake. Not having the right to a fair trial by jury here is nothing short of insane.
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"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."
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It was written in the times before governments started printing funny money so $20 remained fairly consistent, but even if you want it inflation adjusted it's about $700. And in this case, there was hundreds of thousands of dollars and the entire livelihood of numerous people at stake. Not having the right to a fair trial by jury here is nothing short of insane.