We're talking about what an RIR can do if ordered by a court with
jurisdiction. Remember: a court ordered AFRINIC to do some pretty
remarkable things in the not too distant past.
Sure, but my point is still the same. If at any point, we cannot trust that an RIR is the authoritative record holder of IP allocations , be it malfeasance/negligence, or a legal/government entity forcing them to take an action outside of established policy, then RPKI is severely crippled, if not useless.
However, I think it's an overblown concern. If a government entity has the courts in their pocket to force an RIR to do a thing, they have the power to do abou 10 other much easier things that would actually prevent full access to the thing they don't like. ( I'm taking your servers, I'm forcing you to unplug routers, etc)
Doesn't really make sense for them to force the RIR to do a think that would only disrupt access, not prevent it entirely.