Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

Courts consider issues to be political questions when their resolution is constitutionally committed to another branch of government or when there are no judicially manageable standards to resolve the issue. For example, the question of whether a state government is 'republican in form' is a matter constitutionally entrusted to Congress under the Guarantee Clause and is therefore nonjusticiable. On the other hand, disputes such as those regarding due process or equal protection claims typically involve legal standards that courts are equipped to evaluate, making them justiciable. The incorrect answers describe scenarios where clear legal principles or constitutional rights are at issue, making them within the judiciary's competence to resolve.