Unfortunately, that happens: the legislature does not do its homework.
(Hopefully) nobody gives him an agenda.
But his actions as an expression of the democratic majority are also bound to a foundation – and to its interpretation by the Federal Constitutional Court.
Like the laws themselves, this is not always easy to penetrate.
But it shouldn't be too difficult to spell out a police law based on the Karlsruhe guidelines.
No sanctuary for criminals
Final uncertainties always remain.
This applies to the outcome of a procedure as well as to the practicability of a law.
For example, home surveillance and the use of undercover investigators involve sensitive powers.
A basis that is as clear and manageable as possible is required here.
The decision reveals a feeling for the needs of the investigators who (have to) work undercover at the risk of their lives in order to fulfill their mission in the interests of all.
The "core area of private life" must be strictly protected - but it must not be a refuge for concocting the most serious crimes.
One can also argue about the "requirements for the specification of the course of events leading to the feared impairment of legal interests" warned by Karlsruhe.
But the legislature must know them.
In any case, there are still no members of parliament or professors on the front line in the fight against crime, only police officers.