Especially the last 15 years or so as they have taken a hard turn to the right. From putting confining restrictions on the citizens initiative process, to legislation restricting or banning the rights of local government to mandate things such as paper bags, etc. and this year, going after the Republican governor in his attempts to mitigate the Covid disaster, they've become more authoritarian every year. Many of us (I'd like to say most) breathe a sigh of relief come about April when they thankfully adjourn till next year. Oh wait. This year they've got a proposal to amend the state constitution which would allow the legislature to call themselves back into session anytime they want, for anything they want, taking that process away from just the governor.

And like clockwork, they get their asses handed to them in court when many newly-passed laws get shot down after being challenged after the fact, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. As the OP points out, the attorney general often advises against ill-thought out bills, but they go ahead anyway on the advice of taxpayer-funded private representation, which costs even more. What's the point of having an Attorney Generals Office anyway?

So the party of fiscal responsibility and local government control, endlessly citing the protection of citizens hard-earned taxpayer dollars, turns out to be working mostly for themselves and the consolidation of their own power and for their own interests in the House and Senate.

Who would've thunk?

Here's another example from the OP's Idaho posts today:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10481142

because of the delay in receiving census data. There is no telling what other issues the governor will add in the special session.