Does the Court have any authority to second-guess the wisdom, fairness or logic of the law?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from In re Williams, 271 Cal.Rptr.3d 453, 57 Cal.App.5th 427 (Cal. App. 2020):

to the justifications for the legislative choice [citation]. It is immaterial for rational basis review whether or not any such speculation has a foundation in the record. [Citations.]" ( People v. Turnage (2012) 55 Cal.4th 62, 74-75, 144 Cal.Rptr.3d 489, 281 P.3d 464.) So long as there is "any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis" for the disparity, "[e]qual protection analysis does not entitle the judiciary to second-guess the wisdom, fairness, or logic of the law." ( Id . at p. 74, 144 Cal.Rptr.3d 489, 281 P.3d 464.)

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