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human
ELI5: Why do U.S. judges repeatedly have to declare "Same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional"

Why do U.S. judges repeatedly have to declare "Same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional"? Do the different states expect their state to get a different result than other states on this?
gpt
They are federal district judges, and they have certain areas that their decisions are enforced over, those are their "jurisdictions".

If a federal judge in one district rules one way that doesn't mean a federal judge in another district can't rule differently.

>  Do the different states expect their state to get a different result than other states on this?

Well the appeals court judge that covers ohio ruled in favor of the state bans, so yeah.

The fact that there are conflicting rulings at the district court level is the reason the supreme court is going to make a final decision on the issue this summer.