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.
Vocabulary:
controversy: a conflict
double jeopardy: trying a person
in the same place for the same crime
exceed: to go beyond the limits
of something
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Discussion Questions:
This amendment speaks to the
right of citizens to have a trial by jury. Should everyone be required to
do jury duty or should there be professional jurors? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of each?
