You realize that "de jure" is literally lation for "by law"? Until some court reinterprets the law, it is legal. E.g. segregated school were until the Brown v.

You realize that "de jure" is literally lation for "by law"? Until some court reinterprets the law, it is legal. E.g. segregated school were until the Brown v. Board of Education landed and made it illegal.