Stephen Sussman explains how critical the right to a jury was in founding of America and why it should be preserved today. Points out 2/3rds of judges are elected by partisan elections and n…
In the context of a discussion about the future of civil jury trials, litigator Bert Rein talked about some of the costs and drawbacks of universal jury trials.
Antitrust and commercial litigator Bert Rein discussed the history of the seventh amendment and why civil jury trials were important at the time of founding of the nation.
"If Congress had waited two more weeks--it wouldn't have created this type of (9/11) fund."
9/11 Victims Fund: "It doesn't affix blame--it compensates, that's all it does."
"These programs have nothing to do with liability..."
The importance of the seventh amendment - trial by jury
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