Amendments to the Constitution
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 re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Debates in Congress
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the right of trial by jury shall be preserved," was considered and adopted .
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