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An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is an official who presides at an administrative trial-type hearing. The ALJ is the initial trier of fact and decision maker. The ALJ, also known as "hearing examiner," "hearing officer" or "trial examiner," can administer oaths, take testimony, rule on questions of evidence, and make factual and legal determinations. The proceeding involved with the ALJ may be similar to a summary judgement. In legal parlance, a trial is an event in which parties to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, or other designated finder of fact, in order to achieve a resolution to their dispute. ...
An oath (from Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. ...
In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. ...
The law of evidence governs the use of testimony (eg. ...
A summary judgment is a legal decision in a case made when one party to a lawsuit requests summary judgment by pre-trial motion. ...
The ALJ's decision may be reviewed by the head of the agency or by the President. The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America (often abbreviated to POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ...
Federal agencies and departments that have administrative law judges (incomplete)
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States that have administrative law judges
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