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Quotation from Baker v. Carr by Supreme Court of the United States
“Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority has been committed, is itself a delicate exercise in constitutional interpretation, and is a responsibility of this Court as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution.”
Baker v. Carr, Opinion of the Court (Brennan, J.), Part IV (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Brennan claims for the Court the duty of deciding where the political question doctrine applies.
Citation: "Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority has been committed, is itself a delicate exercise in constitutional interpretation, and is a responsibility of this Court as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution." — 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-q3)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1972 official portrait, Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
