‘Judges may be tempted’: Excerpts from remarkable appeal ruling in bike lanes case

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'Judges may be tempted': Excerpts from remarkable appeal ruling in bike lanes case

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‘Judges may be tempted’: Excerpts from remarkable appeal ruling in bike lanes case

“Now, courts learn a great deal about a matter in the course of judicial review proceedings, and judges may be tempted to comment on matters of policy. The temptation to do so may be great; judges may suppose that they have much to offer to public policy debate. But the temptation must be resisted. It is not just that courts have no expertise in policy making – no expertise in making the sorts of polycentric decisions that legislatures make rout…