Mar 22, 2015
➡️ There are no Magistrates in the USA! ⬅️
Actually, there are. They certainly exist in the Federal Court System. See at:
http://www.uscourts.gov/Common/FAQS.aspx
"Q: What are federal magistrate judges?
A U.S. magistrate judge is a judicial officer of the district court and is appointed by majority vote of the active district judges of the court to exercise jurisdiction over matters assigned by statute as well as those delegated by the district judges. The number of magistrate judge positions is determined by the Judicial Conference of the United States, based on recommendations of the respective district courts, the judicial councils of the circuits, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. A full-time magistrate judge serves a term of eight years. Duties assigned to magistrate judges by district court judges may vary considerably from court to court."
In other words, they are judges with limited powers less than those provided by Article III of the Constitution.
While Magistrate Judges are quite real, what our foreign scammer fiends (meant literally and not as a misspelling of the word "friends") say about them is often so dumb as to elicit uncontrollable spasms of laughter.