In a dissent of a Supreme Court ruling, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said: "Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial.

Fully aware that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court is going to extremes to hand Donald Trump multiple victories by use of the so-called "shadow docket," judges in the lower courts are fashioning some of their rulings to work around the nation's highest court.