justiciable

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But just as clearly, under Powell, their decision is justiciable, that is, a court can review it.

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  1. adjective Appropriate for or subject to court trial: a justiciable charge.
  2. adjective That can be settled by law or a court of law: justiciable disputes.

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  • But he's wrong in suggesting that the power of the Senate to not seat Burris is clear the article he cites conflates jurisdiction and justiciable. —  IlliniPundit.com - Politics & Opinion from Champaign-Urbana
  • But just as clearly, under Powell, their decision is justiciable, that is, a court can review it. —  IlliniPundit.com - Politics & Opinion from Champaign-Urbana
  • Pragmatically, the Senate can easily block the Burris appointment by arguing its determination is non-justiciable under the political question doctrine, or by delaying final judicial review until the matter is moot. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • This covers any "claim, defense, or other position with respect to which there existed such a complete absence of any justiciable issue of law or fact that it could not be reasonably believed that a court would accept the asserted claim, defense, or other position." —  Atlanta Injury Law Blog
  • It is also much different from saying that (material) violations of the Constitution vanish just because they may be non-justiciable for some reason. —  Balkinization
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin iūstitiābilis, from Medieval Latin iūstitiāre, to try, from Latin iūstitia, justice; see justice.

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  1. from Old French justiciable, French justiciable, pertaining to justice or law, also just: see justiceable.
 

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/dʒəsˈtɪʃɪəbl/
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