PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
TRCP RULE 226a TO HELP
SAVE OUR PRECIOUS RIGHT
TO CIVIL TRIALS BY JURY
Proposed A
mendment
to Rule 226a, Texas Rules of
Civil Procedure
THE FOLLOWING ARE CITED IN THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT
:
Dorsaneo,
Reexamining the Right to Trial by
Jury
, 54 SMU Law Review 1695 (2001)
Footnotes 1 & 3
Powell,
The Texas Civil Jury Trial and the
California Condor. Endangered Species?
,
State Bar
of
Texas Soaking
Up Some CLE,
2007
, Footnotes 1,2,3 & 5
Wolfram,
The Constitutional History of the Seventh Amendment
, 57 Minn. L.R. 639 (1973)
Footnotes 2
& 10
1 Gales,
Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
(1834), Footnote 2
Furgeson,
Civil Jury Trials RIP? Can it Actually Happen in America?
,
40 St. Mary's Law Journal 795
(2009), Footnotes 2 & 10
Bennett,
Judge's Views on Vanishing Civil Trials
,
88 Judicature VOl 88, No. 6 (2005) Footnote 2
Wikipedia Article,
James Madison
, Footnote 2
Smith,
The Vanishing Jury, a View From the Bench
,
State Bar of Texas 5th Annual Bill of Rights
Course 2011, Footnotes 3 & 25
Wikipedia Article,
Thomas Jefferson
, Footnote 3
Wikipedia Article,
United States Declartion of Independence
,
Footnote 3 & 19
Wikipedia Article,
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,
Footnote 4
Wikipedia Article,
Trial by Combat
, Footnote 6
Vidmar & Hans,
American Juries, the Verdict
New York, 2007), Footnotes 6 & 7
Wikipedia Article,
Trial by Ordeal
, Footnote 7
Harrington,
The Economic Origins of the Seventh Amendment
, 87 Iowa Law Rev 145 (2001),
Footnotes 8,10,14 & 21
Devlin,
Trial by Jury
(London, 1936), Footnotes 9 & 12
Text of
Magna Carta
, Footnote 9
Wikipedia Article,
William Blackstone
, Footnote 10
Landsman,
The Civil Jury in America. Scenes From an Unappreciated History
, 44 Hastings Law Journal
579 (1993), Footnotes 10,11,13,18 & 19
Elliott's Debates, June 20, 1788
, Footnote 10
Blackstone, 3
Commentaries on the Laws of England
, Footnotes 11 & 12
Amar,
America's Constitution, a Biography
(New York 2005), Fottnote 15
Hecht,
The Vanishing Civil Jury Trial. Trends in Texas Courts and an Uncertain Future
, 47 Tex
Law Review 163 (2005), Footnote 16
Wikipedia Article,
United States Military Casualties of War
, Footnotes 17,20,24,29,33 & 36
Wikipedia Article,
List of Medal of Honor Recipients
, Footnote 17
Wikipedia Article,
List of Native American Medal of Honor Recipients
, Footnote 17
Wikipedia Article,
List of Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients
, Footnote 17
Wikipedia Article,
List of African American Medal of Honor Recipients
, Footnote 17
Wikipedia,
List of Asian American Medal of Honor Recipients
, Footnote 17
List of
Women Medal Recipients, Military & Civilian
, Footnote 17
Wikipedia Article,
Treaty of Paris
, Footnote 20
Wikipedia Article,
Peace of Paris
, Footnote 20
Text of
The Paris Peace Treaty of September 30, 1783
, Footnote 20
Wikipedia Article,
United States Bill of Rights
, Footnote 22
Text of
The United States Bill of Rights
, Footnote 23
Wikipedia Article,
The War of 1812
, Footnote 24
Declaration of Independence by the Republic of Texas
, Footnote 25
Texas A&M Faculty Article,
Hispanic Texan Patriots
, Footnote 26
Texas State Historical Society Article,
John
, Footnote 26
Wikipedia Article,
List of Defenders of the Alamo
, Footnote 26
Wikipedia Article,
Battle of the Alamo
, Footnote 26
Wikipedia Article,
Goliad Massacre
, Footnote 26
Wikipedia Article,
Battle of San Jacinto
, Footnote 26
Texas State Historical Society Article,
Treaties of Velasco
, Footnote 26
Wikipedia Article,
Treaties of Velasco
, Footnote 26
Constitution of the Republic of Texas
1836
, Footnote 27
Constitution of the State of Texas 1845,
Footnote 27
Current Constitution of the State of Texas
, Footnote 27
War Message of President Woodrow Wilson to Congress
, Footnote 28
Wikipedia Article,
Armistice With Germany
, Footnote 29
Wikipedia Article,
Uboat Campaign (World War I)
, Footnote 29
Wikipedia Article,
Woodrow Wilson
, Footnote 29
Wikipedia Article,
World War
II
, Footnotes 30 & 33
Wikipedia Article,
Attack on Pearl Harbor
, Footnote 30
Wikipedia Article,
Battle of Wake Island
, Footnote 30
Wikipedia Article,
History of Clark Air Base
, Footnote 30
Declarations of War With Germany, Japan & Italy
, Footnotes 31 & 32
Wikipedia Article,
G
erman Instrument of Surrender
, Footnote 34
Wikipedia Article,
Surrender of Japan
, Footnote 35
Wikipedia Article,
Iraq War
, Footnote 36
Wikipedia Article,
War on Terror
, Footnote
36
Wikipedia Article,
War in Afghanistan
, Footnote 36
Wikipedia Article,
September 11 Attacks
, Footnote 36
Wikipedia Article,
Oath of Allegiance
, Footnote 37
Wikipedia Article,
US Armed Forces Oath of Allegiance
, Footnote 37
Wikipedia Article,
Oath of Office
, Footnote 37
Texas Contstitution, Art 16, Sec 15
, Footnote 37
Texas Education Code, Sec 25.082
, Footnote 38
Wikipedia Article,
Pledge of Allegiance
, Footnote 38