"This judge, at least, agrees but the other one appears to think that this kind of thing is fine."
Fairly common. USA lower court judges frequently don't believe the constitution applies to them.
The 1st and 9th circuit court of appeals have ruled that filming police is perfectly illegal, yet a district judge in the 3rd circuit has not only ruled the other way, but called those decisions out and challenged them on it. It could end up being a career-limiting decision.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
