They’re not obeying the rulings. They’re ignoring them. Multiple judges have had to reissue orders demanding compliance. But of course, since they refuse to actually attach consequences to those orders, they’re little more than the legalese equivalent of asking pretty please.

Look at it this way. Look at all the rulings saying the mass firings were all illegal. And while some of them were re-hired because Musk has no idea what he’s doing, none of them have actually been re-hired as a result of court orders.

It doesn’t matter: they did terminal damage faster than the courts could react.