Home›Sources›Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)SourcesPolitical Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)Legal Encyclopedia EntryCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLaw Atlas. "Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cornell-lii-political-question-doctrine.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLaw Atlas. (n.d.). Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cornell-lii-political-question-doctrineCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{lawatlas-political-question-doctrine-legal-inform, author = {Law Atlas}, title = {Political Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cornell-lii-political-question-doctrine}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedA Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School) Wex entry defining the political question doctrine, tracing its origin to Baker v Carr (1962), setting out the six Baker factors, and noting that the doctrine's application is inconsistent and difficult.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsURLWell-attestedhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/political_question_doctrineSourcesPolitical Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Sources, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.Well-attested8Open QuestionsHow consistently should the six Baker v Carr factors be weighed when a federal court decides whether an issue is a nonjusticiable political question?SourcesPolitical Question Doctrine (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)Scholarly debate1DoctrinesSeparation of PowersConnected1Open QuestionsHow consistently should the six Baker v Carr factors be weighed when a federal court decides whether an issue is a nonjusticiable political question?General References2DoctrinesSeparation of PowersOpen QuestionsHow consistently should the six Baker v Carr factors be weighed when a federal court decides whether an issue is a nonjusticiable political question?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year