What does it mean for you?
In certain types of federal non-criminal (i.e. civil) cases, you are entitled to a jury trial. Click here to read about a federal civil trial currently in the news...
The Seventh Amendment: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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 reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.