Inflation and the 7th Amendment

Here is the 7th amendment of the U.S. Constitution

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.

Ever wonder what that would read today if it accounted for inflation. According to measuring Worth (http://www.measuringworth.com/) the $20 mentioned in the Amendment would be approximately $500 in 2009 dollars. Would this mean less trials in our courts? who knows. I am assuming if a dispute about an amount less than $500 would not have the right to go to trial.

Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama 'dumped him for dinner'

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For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip viewed in Jerusalem as a humiliation.

After failing to extract a written promise of concessions on settlements, Mr Obama walked out of his meeting with Mr Netanyahu but invited him to stay at the White House, consult with advisers and “let me know if there is anything new”, a US congressman, who spoke to the Prime Minister, said.

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