This judge is enabling corruption, and things will not change as long as the federal criminals are not held accountable for their crimes.
This is why a political solution is no longer possible; the criminals run the government and protect each other. Only the people are subject to the law. The Feds will not obey the law, they will not reform themselves and they will certainly not listen to the states via article 5.
The window on freedom is almost closed. Totalitarianism will make reform virtually impossible. The only two foreseeable options appear to be secession or a military coup with Nuremberg style trials to follow.
People are just hoping that the total end of freedom can be delayed just long enough until they’ve reached the natural end of their lives, or maybe retirement, or the next vacation, or after the next football season.
This judge has always been in the pockets of Obama and Obama’s enablers.
I’m going with your first option......