The people who have to fight the battles are the people who ultimately should have the responsibility and the privilege of picking those battles, no?
Everything you said may be true, but it’s not you that would be responsible for fighting their battles is it?
They may be completely wrong…and they may be putting themselves in a more legally dubious position…but it is their battle to fight if it comes to that…so the ONLY people who should have a say in what battles they pick to fight are them, not you, not me.