political question doctrine

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The political question doctrine is a principle in U.S. constitutional law under which courts decline to decide certain issues deemed more appropriately resolved by the political branches rather than the judiciary.

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political question doctrine canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf justiciability doctrine ⓘ
legal doctrine ⓘ
principle of United States constitutional law ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appliesToBranch Congress ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
federal judiciary ⓘ
articulatedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithJustice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
BakerFactor impossibility of a court’s undertaking independent resolution without expressing lack of respect due coordinate branches of government ⓘ
impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion ⓘ
lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving the issue ⓘ
potentiality of embarrassment from multifarious pronouncements by various departments on one question ⓘ
textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department ⓘ
unusual need for unquestioning adherence to a political decision already made ⓘ
concerns allocation of power among branches of government ⓘ
justiciability ⓘ
limits of judicial review ⓘ
constitutionalBasis implicit in Article III case or controversy requirement ⓘ
implicit in separation of powers structure of the Constitution ⓘ
coreIdea federal courts may decline to adjudicate certain constitutional issues ⓘ
some questions are committed to the political branches and are not appropriate for judicial resolution ⓘ
criticizedFor allowing courts to avoid deciding difficult constitutional questions ⓘ
potentially undermining protection of individual rights ⓘ
defendedAs necessary to preserve separation of powers ⓘ
respectful of democratic decision-making by elected branches ⓘ
developedInCase Luther v. Borden ⓘ
Marbury v. Madison ⓘ
effect federal courts dismiss cases as nonjusticiable ⓘ
shields certain decisions of political branches from judicial review ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
federal courts law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
keyTestFormulatedIn Baker v. Carr ⓘ
leadingCase Baker v. Carr ⓘ
Goldwater v. Carter ⓘ
Nixon v. United States ⓘ
Powell v. McCormack ⓘ
Zivotofsky v. Clinton ⓘ
Zivotofsky v. Kerry ⓘ
oftenInvokedIn Guarantee Clause cases ⓘ
foreign affairs cases ⓘ
impeachment disputes ⓘ
treaty termination disputes ⓘ
war powers disputes ⓘ
relatedConcept act of state doctrine ⓘ
mootness doctrine ⓘ
ripeness doctrine ⓘ
separation of powers doctrine ⓘ
standing doctrine ⓘ

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Guarantee Clause → associatedDoctrine → political question doctrine ⓘ
Baker v. Carr → legalIssue → political question doctrine ⓘ