There is certainly a growing disconnect between federal court decisions and on-the-ground reality. This disconnect is a recognized problem. Courts are no long

There is certainly a growing disconnect between federal court decisions and on-the-ground reality. This disconnect is a recognized problem. Courts are no longer respected as they once were. Many people just dismiss federal courts as political theater. And elected officials often make their reputations by defying courts, or at least pretending so to do, which trickles down to individual employees not respecting judicial decisions.