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Courts are the bodies that carry out judicial actions. The Constitution makes allowances for several federal courts and describes the jurisdiction for these courts.
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Citation
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Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9
(The Congress shall have Power) To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
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Article 3, Section 1
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. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
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Amendment 7
In Suits at common 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 the common law.
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