Some of this stuff is really noxious. But not all of it. The idea that state officials can't enter into consent decrees that change state law without consent from the legislature is, frankly, a good one.
https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1364583392927432705
That's separate and apart from the fact that the consent decrees that had Trump up in arms were obviously reasonable and would have been approved. The legislature, not governors, attorneys general, or secretaries of state, is the state body that has authority to write law
In the normal course, the legislature is the only state body that can amend the laws they pass.
That the state is being sued over the law shouldn't change that by conferring authority on non-legislative officials to rewrite the law in the form of a settlement agreement
That the state is being sued over the law shouldn't change that by conferring authority on non-legislative officials to rewrite the law in the form of a settlement agreement
So yes, require consent from the legislature. That'll mean either (1) the end of bitching about this stuff, because they'll sign off on the obviously appropriate ones; or (2) actual court decisions after trial on unconstitutional laws the legislature won't back away from
Neither of those is a bad thing
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