I know this doesn't matter anymore, but the census is written into the constitution itself to be taken place every ten years. At that point, redistricting will be subject to take place. Hopefully by a citizen run non political panel. He is objectively breaking the law in a fundamental way.
Nope, he's looking to change the law. The democrats can't keep unilaterally doing the right, ethical thing while the GOP cheats. We need the equivalent of mutually assured destruction to be able to negotiate the right outcome.
Funnily enough, I just rewatched 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'. Mutually assured destruction indeed.