Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0633 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Civil Juries, Bail, Fines, Cruel and Unusual
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The idea
The Seventh Amendment guarantees jury trials in most civil cases, but only at the federal level. The Eighth forbids excessive fines and bail and cruel and unusual punishment, whose scope, the anchor says, remains debated.
In practice
Economic liberty: obtaining, using and trading things of value.
Where people slip
Civil juries are not incorporated against the states.
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