The fundamentals of the political questions
An analysis from constitutional theory and practice
Keywords:
Political questions, Judicial review, Supreme Court, Constitutional supremacyAbstract
Constitutional practice has coined a doctrine that supposes admitting that there are issues that are exempt from judicial control. Such is the doctrine of the so-called political questions. This type of matter would be excluded from judicial review precisely because of the intrinsically political nature of the matters, with respect to which the Judicial Power would not be competent. This doctrine is controversial from various points of view. On the one hand, because its admission could mean a certain “resignation” to constitutional supremacy on certain issues. On the other hand, because in practice it has not been clear how many and what these issues are. At the same time, it is even controversial what is the basis of non-justiciable political issues. In this work, an attempt will be made to identify and systematize the possible foundations that doctrinally and jurisprudence have been offered to support the doctrine of political questions.
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