Judicial Power

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What is Judicial Power?

The authority of a court to hear and decide cases and to make binding judgments on them. Article III of the U.S. Constitution provides that the judicial power of the U.S. shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may order and establish.

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