The Bill of Rights / Amendments Project

#7 & #8 Amendments

“In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved”-Seventh Amendment

8th Amendment

Court Case for Seventh Amendment

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TULL vs. UNITED STATES

*a man violated the Clean Water Act

*Tull demanded a jury trial

* entitled to a jury trial

"It’s our right to take a civil dispute to a jury of our peers." -saveourjuries.org

The Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Feltner vs. Columbia

7th Amendment

7th Amendment Video

C. Elvin Feltner, Jr. Operated three television shows

Columbia revoked their license to run the shows

Real life situations

7th Amendment: This amendment would be useful in a real life situation, when someone wants to be trialed for something that means a lot to them. For example, Tull violated the Clean Water Act. He wasn't given the choice to be entitled to a jury trial, so he demanded a jury trial.

8th Amendment: This amendment would be useful in a real life situation, if a homeless person committed a crime and was out in jail. The person is obviously poor and doesn't have money. For him to get out of jail, the bail value might be too excessive, considering he is homeless. This way with the eighth amendment, a high amount of bail money is not required,