Suspension of Bylaws??

In a conversation with our 'esteemed' Legal Director (I am beginning to wonder), he is proposing he approach our legal counsel over the Board's right to suspend the Bylaws. The Legal Director believes that since the membership votes each Board member in to run the association, then they also 'trust' us to make these sorts of decisions.
This is the same person who questioned why we had to follow the rules for Homeowners Associations in our state since he never saw a bill for membership??? in the HOA.
But I digress from my original intent in posting this subject; have any of you ever heard of such a 'right' by a Board to suspend a Bylaw? Please tell me this isn't true.

I wish that were the explanation but he is not confusing the two.
He also doesn't believe the Board should conduct an open forum at our AGM to hear members' opinions and thoughts on issues; "Why should we let the members tell us how to run our association?"

AFAIK, the by-laws are the rules that govern HOW the board/association conducts business. If you suspend them, you have no rules to follow to guide the board, or hold the board accountable. Suspending the By laws is tantamount to declaring the board null and void.

If any board I was involved with suspended its own bylaws, then that board would cease to exist... they could do whatever they wanted, but they control nothing, have no jurisdiction, etc.. So nothing they did would be legal or binding to anyone.

RogerB; Our Legal/Insurance Director is the liasion between our legal counsel and insurance agent and handles all matters pertaining to those areas. He or she would be someone who has some area of expertise or interest in those areas and or the ability to handle basic legal research before kicking in the bucks for legal counsel and knowing when to advise paying for that counsel.