A “step in the right direction” will occur when the 9th Circuit is dissolved; and, further, when its judges - who have willfully, flagrantly and repeatedly violated constitutional and statutory law regarding executive powers - are impeached and summarily disbarred from ever again practicing law in any jurisdiction.
Until these remedies are effected, this exercise is nothing but Kabuki theater.
Until the president stands on his hind lies and puts on the cloak of national security, the courts are in charge of it.