Origin 1962, in Baker v. Carr, setting out the six-factor test.
The political question doctrine is a justiciability doctrine in United States constitutional law under which federal courts decline to hear a case because it raises an issue the Constitution commits to another, politically accountable branch of government, or because no judicially manageable standard exists for resolving it. Its modern framework traces to the Supreme Court's 1962 decision in Baker v. Carr, which set out six independent factors, any one of which can render a case nonjusticiable as a political question, though courts and commentators have long noted the factors are applied inconsistently.
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Origin Period1962, in Baker v. Carr, setting out the six-factor test. 1 Core PrincipleFederal courts will refuse to hear a case if they find that it presents a political question, one textually committed to a coordinate political branch or lacking judicially manageable standards for its resolution. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Mootness, Doctrines Mootness and the political question doctrine are sibling justiciability doctrines U.S. federal courts use to determine which cases and controversies they may hear.
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