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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:
* The
* There must be an [[actual controversy]] between the parties,<ref>''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/219/346/case.html Muskrat v. United States]'', {{ussc|219|346|1911}}</ref> meaning that the parties can not agree to a lawsuit where
* The question must be neither [[ripeness|unripe]] nor [[mootness|moot]].<ref>''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/367/497/case.html Poe v. Ullman]'', {{ussc|367|497|1961}}; ''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/416/312/case.html DeFunis v. Odegaard]'', {{ussc|416|312|1974}}</ref>
**An unripe question is one for which there is not yet at least a threatened injury to the plaintiff, or where all available judicial alternatives have not been exhausted.
**A moot question is one for which the potential for an injury to occur has ceased to exist, or where the injury has been removed. However, if the issue is likely to reoccur, yet will continually become moot before
* The
** 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); or
***"a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it."
** Political questions include such issues as whether the nation is 'at war' with another country, or whether the [[U.S. Senate]] has properly "tried" an [[impeachment|impeached]] federal officer.
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If the case fails to meet any one of these requirements, the court cannot hear it.
[[U.S. state|State]] courts tend to require a similar set of circumstances, although some
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