DJB is probably one of my favorite people in the tech world. Ever since I read about the court case he won against the US government while representing himself, he's been a sort of hero of mine.

That's quite impressive, but Wikipedia says that case was dismissed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States

The rules he was challenging had changed so what he wanted to do was no longer against the rules. His case was that the rules did not allow him to do something that was allowed by the constitution. As that situation no longer existed the case was dismissed.