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 common law.” U.S. Const. amend. VII. The Texas Constitution likewise provides that “[t]he right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate” and that “[i]n the trial of all causes in the District Courts, the plaintiff or defendant shall, upon application made in open court, have the right of trial by jury.” Tex. Const. art. I, § 15, art. V, § 10. Clearly, the right to a jury trial in civil disputes — when the right existed at common law — is a constitutional right. In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 132 (Tex.2004) (original proceeding) (<HOLDING>); Nicole Mitchell, Note, Pre-Dispute
holding right to testify was federal constitutional right holding that there is both a statutory and a constitutional right to a jury trial under erisa because congress lacks constitutional authority to limit right to a jury recognizing that the constitutional right to appeal must be given a practical construction recognizing constitutional right to effective counsel recognizing the right to trial by jury is a constitutional right to be given the same protections as other constitutional rights