Decl. of Rights, Art. XX
Only the legislature may suspend laws
Limit
The Legislature
Declaration of Rights
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The power of suspending the laws, or the execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [See Amendments, Arts. XLVIII, I, Definition and LXXXIX.]
Simplified explanation
The power of suspending the laws, or their execution, ought never to be exercised except by the legislature or by authority derived from it, and only in the particular cases the legislature expressly provides for.