The only thing his words prove is he was more constrained and didn't do what he might like to do. If you take note, not one of these so called judges have addressed the underlying law or the constitutional powers of the president. So yeah, they're idiots.
This is where Trump is his own worst enemy. Trump was very successful as pushing his idea of a muslim ban, and his promise that he would enact one as soon as he got into office. Hence when Trumps first eo's came out, if you take him at his word, he intended it to be a ban on muslims.
Laws can violate the law because the laws effect is discriminatory, intended or not, and laws can violate the law because of their intent to be discriminatory, effective or not.