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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervene
congress can not vote in a higher paycheck for themselves
14Th Amendment
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
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was proposed 1789 for the original bill of rights but was not voted in until 1992 after a law student campaigned around the country getting sates to ratified the bill.
passed by the Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795.
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The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
-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.
- The 7th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed by ratified on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment protects the right to a jury trial.
-The 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the original Ten Amendments to the Constitution enacted by the First Congress. The 7th Amendment guarantees an accused person of the right to have a trial by jury in most civil cases and also guarantees that facts decided by those juries cannot be reexamined at a later date.