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1. Great question Diane. It’s not unusual for different federal judges (or federal appellate courts) to rule different ways on similar (or even identical) issues. The issues will be briefed & argued differently by the parties/attorneys in each case. Also, stating the obvious...
2. judges don’t always see things the same way. One of the reason the Supreme Court will decide to accept a case for review is if there is a “split of authority in the federal circuit courts” with one court deciding an issue one way and another court deciding the same issue ...
3. differently. There needs to be one, uniform interpretation of our country’s federal laws, executive orders, etc. So the Supreme Court steps in and breaks the tie, so to speak, when federal courts rule different ways on the same issue.
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