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Quotation from Baker v. Carr by Supreme Court of the United States
“The nonjusticiability of a political question is primarily a function of the separation of powers.”
Baker v. Carr, Opinion of the Court (Brennan, J.), Part IV (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Brennan's survey of the political question cases leads him to locate the doctrine in the relations among the federal branches.
Citation: "The nonjusticiability of a political question is primarily a function of the separation of powers." — Supreme Court of the United States, Baker v. Carr, Opinion of the Court (Brennan, J.), Part IV (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id baker-v-carr-q2)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1972 official portrait, Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
