Is this a case of the DoJ "working to rule"? That is, finding ways to enforce a... flawed... SCOTUS ruling, so as to spite the elite that managed to get the rul

Is this a case of the DoJ "working to rule"? That is, finding ways to enforce a... flawed... SCOTUS ruling, so as to spite the elite that managed to get the ruling in question? I'm using "elite" here in the same sense that HN favorite Peter Turchin uses it, a small segment of the society who concentrate social power in their hands.