This is a MASSIVE attempted judicial power grab by 9th Circuit. They are attempting to say that the judiciary has the power to resolve purely political questions and impose the resolution on the entire country.
Is there a point at which the Trump Admin calls their bluff?
Just ... nope. We are not going to contest. We’ll comply with what the court orders us to do, we will show up for example, but we aren’t going to argue the case. We have serious business to do and we refuse to be distracted.
I wonder if the ninth court really would follow through, or if this nonsense would ever advance otherwise. This strikes me as so preposterous that Trump should just ignore ... to the extent that the law allows. He should NOT dare them; he should not defy in advance; he should just have his lawyers show up, register as present, and then decline to engage somehow.