The Yale Law Journal

Chris Michel

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There’s No Such Thing as a Political Question of Statutory Interpretation: The Implications of Zivotofsky v. Clinton

Chris Michel

The political question doctrine poses a paradox. Courts increasingly dismiss claims as political questions, especially in sensitive fields like foreign affairs and national security.1 Yet the principles underlying the doctrine remain “murky and unsettled,”2 an “enigma” to courts and co…