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 another example of what French writer Alexis de Tocqueville observed of the United States when he visited in the early 19th century: “Scarcely any political question arises … that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question.”

From Slate

Courts either find that the plaintiffs lack standing, that the case cannot be litigated without revealing “state secrets,” or that the case presents a “political question”—in other words, it must be resolved through negotiations between the political branches rather than through litigation.

From Slate

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

From Slate

Hamilton stood firm, insisting the lawsuit presented a “nonjusticiable political question” and that the Legislature “self-polices” whether legislation holds to the state constitution’s single-subject rule.

From Seattle Times

In legal parlance, it’s a “nonjusticiable political question” left for Congress alone.

From Slate