...In reviewing the dimensions of the "political" question we said in Baker v. Carr, 369 US 186, 217: "Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually DOUGLAS, J., dissenting 400 US demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate...

...that doctrine, the Supreme Court in Baker v. Carr, 369 US, at 217, stated that the key criterion is "a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment...of the issue to a coordinate political department." The task of investigating and disciplining a member of the Senate, which plaintiff petitions this Court...

...cases and the "foreign relations" cases are explicable in terms of constitutional interpretation, ie, "a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department"738 or whether they turn on considerations that run be730 369 US at 211. Professor Jaffe...

...JM r •" -- "prominent on the surface" of a political question case. They bear restatement: ' [1] a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment...of the issue to a coordinate political department; [2] or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; [3] or the impossibility...

..."political question." "prominent on the surface" of a political question case. They bear restatement: ' [1] a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment...of the issue to a coordinate political department; [2] or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; [3] or the impossibility...

...powers within the Federal Government. After reviewing our decisions in this area, we conclude that on the surface of any case held to involve a political question was at least one of the following formulations: "a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment...

...textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; [2] or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; [3] or the impossibility of decidingwithout an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial...

...powers within the Federal Government. After reviewing our decisions in this area, we concluded that on the surface of any case held to involve a political question was at least one of the following formulations: "a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment...

...each has one or more elements which identify it as essentially a function of the separation of powers. Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve...initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudieial discretion ; or the impossibility of a court's undertaking independent resolution without...

...each has one or more elements which identify it as essentially a function of the separation of powers. Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve...initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjndicial discretion ; or the impossibility of a court's undertaking independent resolution without...