Answer: To issue court orders, such as search warrants,
To hear preliminary evidence and decide if a case should be brought to trial,
To decide whether an arrested person can be released on bail or must stay in jail,
Explanation:
To interpret the law and protect the right of the citizens, the United States judicial system formed many levels of court and appointed Judges and Magistrates to interpret the law and to decide among people the rights and wrongs. The structure of the judicial system is the:
the United States District courts, which is the court of first instance,
the United States Circuits Courts of Appeals, where the litigants apply to review or challenge the decision of the District courts and
the Supreme Court, be the apex court, that is, the court of last resorts.
Some of the jobs the Magistrates do includes:
1. Assisting the district judges in preparing cases for trial,
2. Handling both civil and criminal cases and not appeal on civil and criminal cases. In the criminal proceedings, magistrate presides over on both felony(that is, criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment in the state or federal prisons for a term exceeding one year) and misdemeanor (that is, petty offenses which is usually punishable with small fine or by incarceration in the county jail for a short term less than one year.
3. Conducting legal researches and write legal opinions on legal issues,
4. To issue court orders, and arrest and search warrants,
5. To conduct preliminary hearings, the pre-trial issues like arraignments of the defendant, decides if a case should be taken to trial and whether a defendant should be released or detained in custody.
6. To hear and determine bail and set conditions of bail (that is, conditions of release or detention,
7. To preside over allegations made by the complainant on felony and misdemeanor offenses to determine whether the evidence presented by the complainant supports the charges against the defendant, that is, to decide whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty to an offense charged against him.