By the way, we have the same problems in the EU countries. But some countries have a stronger jurisdiction, others a weaker one.

I think there's room for situations where the law is passed to demonstrate that the Constitution itself is flawed/immoral and needs to be amended.

During its Lochner period, SCOTUS overturned many efforts to regulate economic activity such as minimum wage & maximum work-hour laws, claiming they violated the Constitution's implicit "right to contract."

Congress continued to pass more such laws, knowing the Court would likely strike them down. Eventually the Court shifted, and more laws survived.

Hence my "qualified yes." One can have a good-faith belief a law is constitutional, even if one knows it isn't under prevailing doctrines.

For me the deal breaker was “knowingly “. Public officials knowingly limit the rights of any group of citizens is unacceptable. America is in a weird phase where most every racist, anti-immigrant,sexist and just plain odd point of view is being expressed and supported by the likes of Fox News and NYT.

Knowingly limiting the rights of people , and putting the lives of people ( irrational restrictions on OB/GYN medicine) to make political points is unacceptable.