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Q: Is the judicial system in the US and Canada PRIVATE OR PUBLIC?

1 Lawyer Answer
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
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  • Maritime Law Lawyer
  • Little Neck, NY

A: As a general premise, judicial systems are public. In the U.S., court systems are operated by the government on the federal, state, and local levels. In the U.S., Article III of the Constitution establishes federal courts ("The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.") Good luck

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