"Unfortunately, there were those in Congress who insisted on changing the wording of that law from "shall" grant a de novo hearing to "may" grant a de novo hearing. "
Nope...the wording said "shall" and it also said that the findings from previous court records could not be used. Look up the statute.
So, therefore GWB could have intervened last Tuesday to enforce a new federal law, one not yet declared unconstitutional by the popular judiciary.