From the CNBC article that is the source for the linked post:
Trump’s suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, effectively guaranteeing that it would be assigned to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump nominee with a conservative judicial record.
That gives Trump a much better chance of winning than you'd think from only reading the Political Wire post.
But the dev's reason for the account requirement will just be "the boss said so"...