Maritime Jurisdiction in The United States
In the United States, the federal district courts have jurisdiction over all admiralty and maritime actions; see 28 U.S.C. ยง 1333.
In recent years, a conspiracy argument used by tax protesters is that an American court displaying an American flag with a gold fringe is in fact an "admiralty court" and thus has no jurisdiction. Courts have repeatedly dismissed this as frivolous.
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