It was the slob 9th court that put 187 down NOT the people. The "looney tunes" are still slobbing after citizens. If all these slobs actually victor, they get to feed on each other. It's a dark, albeit, win win.
Sorry, but I cannot resist.
The only federal ruling that I recall was one by US District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer.
Prop 187 was passed by 60 percent of the vote in 1994. I am proud to report that as I recall some forty percent of Californians who voted came out to vote specifically for the "Save Our State" initiative. Some 30 percent of Americans of Hispanic origin voted for it, about the normal percent who vote coservative.
There are lots of sources on the Internet telling the history. I'll just say here that Democrat and opponent of Prop 187, Gray Davis was elected governor in 1998. He refused to support an appeal of Pfaelzer's ruling.
Shortly after taking office he helped arrange mediation of Prop 187. Only opponets were invited, no proponents allowed.
End of Prop 187 -- and as a prominent representative of Mexico living and working in California noted, it was the last gasp of white America.