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To: thtr
I just find it hard to believe that he has bestowed on all mankind the right to a jury trial if the controversy exceeds $20.00 (Bill of Rights: Amendment VII).

I find that hard to believe too. In fact I don't believe it at all. He granted to all mankind the right to Property.

The authors of the Constitution, respecting that right, instructed the government that they could not violate the God-given right to Property, in the form of a lawsuit over twenty dollars, unless the accused had been given a jury trial.

It's an order given by the Bill of Rights to government, not a grant of a right (Property), which of course was pre-existing.

140 posted on 10/18/2001 11:28:24 PM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: Dr. Frank
He granted to all mankind the right to Property

How do you know this? Did I miss this someplace in the Bible? Where does it say that God granted the right to own property to all men and women? You make things up out of thin air!

It's an order given by the Bill of Rights to government, not a grant of a right (Property), which of course was pre-existing

You completely ignore the actual words of the amendment. “the right of a trial jury trial shall be preserved”. This reference is not granting a right to the government, it is plainly and obviously (in black and white) preserving an individual’s right in accordance to the rules of “common law” – not a God ordained right – common law. If they thought that this right was God given they would have written God’s law, not common law (words have meaning). The founders even spell it out for you but you seem to simply ignore their words.

Again, you offer no insight as to why these rights are God given. You simply repeat that they “are” – by your proclamation.

145 posted on 10/19/2001 7:53:34 AM PDT by thtr
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