ARTICLE 7.
JURIES AND THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT
A. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
The Delegates representing forty-eight of the several States in Continental Congress assembled, being fully apprised in the premises, find that:
1. The American People are the American Sovereign;
2. As sovereign, the American People have the last say on the law;
3. American Citizens are called to sit on both Grand and Petit Juries;
4. In their capacity as jurors, the American people have the power, and the duty, to judge both the law and the facts;
B. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS
1. Amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require judges to apprise all plaintiffs and defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury; and
2. Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require judges to apprise all defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury; and
3. Amend the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure to require all judges, in cases where the United States is a party to the case, to apprise all jurors of the judge’s conflict of interest; and
4. Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for trials authorized only by indictments or presentments by independent, randomly empanelled citizens’ common law grand juries, accessible to any individual having a complaint, and empowered to authorize any citizen of their choice to prosecute a case.
C. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES
1. Amend the rules governing civil and criminal cases to require judges to apprise plaintiffs and defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury;
2. Amend the rules governing civil and criminal cases to require all judges, in cases where the State is a party to the case, to apprise all jurors of the judge’s conflict of interest.
D. RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE
1. When appointed to a jury, throw off the restraints of judicial tyranny by refusing to capitulate to any judicial instruction to judge only the facts; and
2. When appointed to a jury, demand to have all issues of law argued in the presence of the jury, and have the last say by judging the law;
3. Educate your family, friends, and community to learn about the Fully Informed Jury Association (“FIJA”), and the power of judging the law as well as the accused.