“Ummmm... NO... the judge cannot give the legislature a power they already had!
I’m sure the article’s author just didn’t understand what the judge was saying.”
Correct, however, the Judge does have the power to issue an injunction or uphold the one previously issued.
Likely this goes back to court on an appeal, and at some point will trigger the state legislature to assert its rights or a SCOTUS intervention.
Regardless, the first domino is about to fall!
Ultimately the hacks on the PASC will smack this down, so this is definitely going to get to the SCOTUS.