HSRP-671

Trials, and jury trials above all, have become rare in federal civil and criminal cases; that summary judgment is unconstitutional is contested

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-671
Category
Natural Law
Grade
ESTABLISHED
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
2026-10-18
Last revised
Not recorded
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-671

2. The claim, in full

Trials, and jury trials above all, have become rare in federal civil and criminal cases; that summary judgment is unconstitutional is contested

Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC58 (brief item AH58). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "ESTABLISHED as observed; that summary judgment is unconstitutional — CONTESTED as a matter of law". The /united-states page carries its own trial-rate figures and sources; the figures here are the ones read in this pass. NACDL quoted from its news release of 10 July 2018, not the report itself.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

5. Counter-evidence

6. Why this grade

ESTABLISHED as observed; that summary judgment is unconstitutional — CONTESTED as a matter of law

The register defines ESTABLISHED as: Supported directly by primary texts or published findings.

7. Correction history

No correction events are recorded. The entry's status is ACTIVE: no later entry amends, supersedes or withdraws it.

8. Related observations

No related observations are linked in the register.

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

Pages citing a source this observation rests on: /sovereign-citizens.

10. Open questions

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11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "LAW",
  "title": "Trials, and jury trials above all, have become rare in federal civil and criminal cases; that summary judgment is unconstitutional is contested",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC58 (brief item AH58). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: \"ESTABLISHED as observed; that summary judgment is unconstitutional — CONTESTED as a matter of law\". The /united-states page carries its own trial-rate figures and sources; the figures here are the ones read in this pass. NACDL quoted from its news release of 10 July 2018, not the report itself.",
  "n": 671,
  "ref": "HSRP-671",
  "cited_by": [
    "SRC-1251",
    "SRC-1252"
  ],
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  "category_name": "Natural Law",
  "supplement": "029",
  "entered": "2026-10-18",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Thomas (2007), abstract: \"Summary judgment is cited as a significant reason for the dramatic decline in the number of jury trials in civil cases in federal court.\" and \"This Essay is the first to examine the question and takes the seemingly heretical position that summary judgment is unconstitutional.\" [SRC-1251]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1251"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "NACDL (2018): \"In it, NACDL examines sentencing and other data underlying the fact that, after a 50 year decline, fewer than 3% of federal criminal cases result in a trial.\" [SRC-1252]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1252"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "NACDL (2018): \"The 'trial penalty' refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial.\" [SRC-1252]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1252"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "grade_rationale": "ESTABLISHED as observed; that summary judgment is unconstitutional — CONTESTED as a matter of law",
  "counter_evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Thomas's abstract: \"The conventional wisdom is that the Supreme Court settled the issue a century ago in Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. United States.\" [SRC-1251]",
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        "SRC-1251"
      ]
    }
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}
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