Editing Political question (section)

==Origin==
The doctrine can be traced to the landmark [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Marbury v. Madison]]'' (1803).<ref name=":6">''Marbury v. Madison'', 5 U.S. 137 (1803).</ref><ref name=":0">§ 15 "Case or Controversy"—Political Questions, 20 Fed. Prac. & Proc. Deskbook § 15 (2d ed.)</ref> In that case, [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Marshall]] distinguished between the [[United States Secretary of State|US Secretary of State's]] legal work and purely discretionary political tasks, only the former of which involves legally identifiable standards that can be reviewed by a court of law.<ref name=":6" /> Marshall argued that courts should generally not hear cases that involve political questions without implicating individual rights, though later decisions allowed the doctrine's application in cases that do implicate individual rights.<ref name=":6"/><ref name="Baker v. Carr 1962" />