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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Example Sentences

“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

For China’s leader, Xi Jinping, the unrest is a test of his precedent-breaking third term in power and underscores the urgent political question of how he can lead China out of the Covid era.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

Jacob said the whole gambit would be kicked out of court and Eastman claimed that the Supreme Court would invoke the "political question doctrine" and refuse to take the case.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2022

Mr Hinds insisted the payment timetable was an "administrative" matter to resolve, "not a political question".

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021

It is due to the success of these tactics that the whole world is to-day speaking about woman’s suffrage, which has become a burning political question in England.

From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe