Sydney, Melbourne house prices to flatline in 2017, says NAB. National Australia Bank has raised its forecasts for Sydney and Melbourne house prices in 2016 after a surprisingly strong first half, but it believes the market will slow to a near standstill next year.
Seventh Amendment. 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 Twenty-seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: No law, varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The long history of the Twenty-seventh Amendment is curious and unprecedented. The amendment was first drafted by James Madison in 1789 and proposed by the First Congress in 1789 as part of the original Bill of Rights.