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In order for an issue to be justiciable by a United States federal court, all of the following conditions must be met: ..... Excerpted from Wikiyouknowwho, but also contained within the Nixon vs United States 506 U.S 224 4. The suit must not be seeking judgment upon a political question. Political questions involve matters where there is: "a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department" (meaning that the U.S. Constitution requires another branch of government to resolve questions regarding the issue); "a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it"; an "impossibility of...

I just wondered what ever happened concerning the court martial of Lt. Col. Terry Larkin. There seems to be little or no information on the Web about it. Strange.

American Thinker has an article worth reading about the Obama administration's involvement in Fisher v. University of Texas. The plaintiffs in the case are two White students who claim they were denied admission to the university on the basis of race. The University of Texas does use race as a factor in admissions: 1/4th of each entering class is admitted on the basis of racial factors. The Obama Justice Department has filed a brief against the two White students...

JEFFERSON CITY | There's never a dull day in the capital city. Today's evidence: a visit from Orly Taitz , the California dentist/lawyer (and black belt in Tae Kwon Do!) who's filed lawsuits disputing President Barack Obama's citizenship. Taitz spoke to a crowd of about 40 at a hotel here this afternoon, and in a little over an hour threw a kitchen sink's worth of accusations at the president. To wit: Obama has failed to produce a true copy of his Hawaii birth certificate; the birth documentation he has produced may be a forgery; Obama may have forged his selective...

After being denied, dismissed and otherwise turned back in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, and the New Jersey Supreme Court, retired lawyer and professional poker player Leo Donofrio is taking the ultimate gamble and bringing his eligibility-related action before the United States Supreme Court. Donofrio, however, alleges that he has already been dealt a poor hand. THE CASE In his action filed against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells, Donofrio contends that Wells has not fulfilled her duty as Secretary of State to independently verify the constitutional qualifications of the presidential candidates before placing them...