Last week, citizens across the United States commemorated Constitution Day, a celebration of our nation’s founding document and a reminder of the inalienable rights that the Framers refused to concede in 1787 and the years immediately following, which saw the adoption of the Bill of Rights and the enshrinement of our essential liberties. In the years since, our Constitution has withstood innumerable challenges and remains the lasting safeguard of our liberties.
One of the most important rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights and the Georgia Constitution is the constitutional right to trial by jury in civil cases. Thomas Jefferson stated: “I consider [the right to trial by jury] as the only anchor ever imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”
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