There are no cameras allowed in the Federal District Courts of our country.

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Lawsuits around the country have led four federal district courts and two appeals courts to strike down the law's Section 3, which defines marriage.

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That issue has been resolved numerous times in federal district courts of appeal and held up by the U.S. Supreme Court in the following cases.

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The federal district and appellate courts both ruled against the government, AbbVie, which is based in North Chicago, Ill.

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Often they go to Marshall or two other federal courts in the Eastern District of Texas.

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District courts are a part of the federal court system.

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With a few exceptions, district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all kinds of federal cases, including civil matters like this one.

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The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife have since appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court, because the REAL ID Act -- again, in the interest of expediting border fence construction -- eliminated the option of appealing district court decisions on the DHS waiver to any of the federal appellate courts, making direct appeal to the Supreme Court the only legal option left.

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In February, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a key provision of a law the Bush administration pushed through Congress last year stripping federal courts of their ability to hear the detainees' challenges to their confinement.

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