A current majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has given effect to a variety of jury trial waivers in various contracts. The contracted waivers of jury trial they have approved go beyond waivers to affirmative agreements: to arbitrate rather than sue, to arbitrate in a certain venue, or to arbitrate according to the usual practice in arbitration proceedings without a record of the proceedings, among other things.
Not-necessarily scientific comments to a survey reflect that many people do not believe what I have just written in the first paragraph above. See Jeff Sovern, "Comments From the Arbitration Study Respondents: Contracts Can't Take Away Your Rights as an American Citizen" posted on November 4, 2014 on Consumer Law & Policy Blog.
Believe it. What is true for me is true for all of us, I am afraid: I cannot do anything about the way things are until I know the way things are.
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