“What does that perceived authority portend for others who appear in his court?”
It will probably not be a problem, UNLESS they talk against The Great Won.
Of his own volition, he rejected the findings of qualified medical practitioners and imposed his own unique and unpracticed medical views. (Apart from a lack of authority, that, PJ, would seem to almost everyone to be the basis for an 8thA argument.)
He must also believe he has the option to order the defendant to a monastery.