"A governor or president is every bit as bound by a court order as anyone else."
Really? FDR told a Federal judge to get bent when that judge issued a writ of habeus corpus for a Japanese American in an internment camp.
And what came of it?
Nothing.
In time of actual war Presidents can get away with a lot more than they can otherwise. FDR, Wilson, Lincoln and others ignored courts and the constitution when they felt it was necessary to save the country.
Do we really want to pull that method of doing things into peacetime?
Which other laws and/or courts would you like the executive to have the option of ignoring?
Are there any laws/courts you would like the executive to obey even when they disagree? If so, on what do you base your differentiation?