It was the GAO that brought the original suit, at the urging of the US congress (particularly, Nadler).
Once the decision was made, the judge had no choice but to find for the Hondurans.
It was the plenary power of congress that found the appointments illegal, and therefore all their subsequent actions illegal.
IF congress had decided to let the appointments stand, there would have been no legal issue. Certainly no judge or court would have been empowered to unilaterally intervene.
It was the GAO that brought the original suit, at the urging of the US congress (particularly, Nadler).
Once the decision was made, the judge had no choice but to find for the Hondurans. Well there you go again. You are wrong yet AGAIN!
"On March 1, 2020, the District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Cuccinelli was not lawfully appointed to serve as acting USCIS Director and invalidated certain actions taken by him; the government dropped its appeal of this case in August 2020. On August 14, 2020, the Government Accountability Office released a finding that McAleenan, Wolf, and Cuccinelli had been appointed improperly to their Acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary positions; the DHS rejected this finding.
On November 14, 2020, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that Wolf was not lawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and overturned a set of his orders as lacking "legal authority""
2019–2021 Department of Homeland Security appointment disputes