political question

American  

noun

Law.

1. a question regarded by the courts as being a matter to be determined by another department of government rather than of law and therefore one with which they will not deal, as the recognition of a foreign state.

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political question

He suggests they potentially downsize tourism or urbanisation to protect coral -- a "difficult political question" for those who want to keep Okinawa's economy thriving.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

“This is a political question: Would it look like you’re beating up on somebody who lost their home in a fire?” she asked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Oh, and by the way, it’s not a political question.

From Slate ● May 23, 2024

Afterwards, Mr Queiroz asked if it was fair for the player to have been asked a political question.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022

Hence it is that the question of sovereignty, which everywhere else is a political question, is in Rome a religious question.”

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell