A Guide to the Seventh Amendment. The Seventh Amendment, or Amendment VII of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a jury trial for civil cases in the federal courts.However, this type of case is usually not heard anymore in the federal court system. The Seventh Amendment was put into the Bill of Rights by James Madison. • The $20 dollar clause of the Seventh Amendment is one of the very few portions of the Bill of Rights that were not incorporated by the Supreme Court.