How have courts treated criticism of legislation in the context of legislation being challenged in the courts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Hamilton v. City of Santa Barbara, 205 Cal.App.2d 501, 23 Cal.Rptr. 240 (Cal. App. 1962):
Rakow v. Swain, 178 Cal.App.2d 895, 901, 3 Cal.Rptr. 404, 407: 'Criticisms of policy, wisdom or technique inherent in any legislative enactment 'are matters with which the courts have no concern, such arguments being proper ones to address to the legislature for its determination'. Baertschiger v. Leffler, 36 Cal.App.2d 208, 213, 97 P.2d 501, 503.'
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