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JEFFREY TOOBIN: The political question doctrine does not trump the first amendment right to free speech.
QUESTION FROM IGOR: Why not treat this issue under the "political question doctrine" and leave it to Congress to craft legislation on the issue of campaign finance?
The government asserted both arguments in the 2010 case, and the judge who dismissed that lawsuit also cited the "political question" doctrine.
Al Shimari illustrates how dangerously broad and vague the political question doctrine has become, and how little it ought apply to cases dealing with torture.
It's an irrelevant finding, but it's typical of the contortions courts have engaged in under the political question doctrine to avoid adjudicating torture lawsuits.
Indeed, it does not appear that any court has ever — on political question doctrine grounds — refused to hear a U.S. citizen's claim that his personal constitutional rights have been violated as a result of U.S. government action taken abroad.
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On the other hand, the political-question doctrine has not prevented the Supreme Court from asserting its jurisdiction in cases that are politically sensitive.
We have no need in this case to resolve the existence or precise contours of the major rules (or major questions) doctrine described by our colleagues.
This is a case which has been cited in many other law suits, mainly because the courts have seen fit not to dismiss the suit, thus weakening the traditional contractor defense, i.e., the "political questions" doctrine.
From the eighth to the early 20th century, Muslims strove for a broad education (as commanded in the Qur'an), questioned doctrines, and were passionate about scientific advancements, political and social ideals and art.
To criticize past popes on basic doctrinal matters is to question the doctrine of papal infallibility.
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