unreviewable
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈvjuː.ə.bəl/
- Jargon
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irrecurrible
- The provisions allowing the use of secret evidence in deportation or removal proceedings have not been repealed, and the Attorney General's authority to "certify" aliens as terrorists is essentially unreviewable.
- unreviewable power
Examples
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The formalist would label all N/DPAs unreviewable "charging decisions" simply because they look like decisions to decline prosecution or drop charges.
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Fourth, "non-enforcement decisions are most comfortably characterized as judicially unreviewable exercises of enforcement discretion when they are made on a case-by-case basis." (92)
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The American form of government was established precisely to prevent this kind of unreviewable exercise of power over the lives of individuals.
Blog text (7) -
Maddeningly, key case law points in opposite directions over whether the Constitution's text renders executive nonenforcement decisions unreviewable.
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The Leniency Critique. Another group of critics has argued that prosecutors' unreviewable discretion when shaping corporate N/DPAs has allowed them to be far too lenient to corporations.
Academic text (2017) -
Whether denial of a petition to challenge a law or regulation would be subject to judicial review under the Federal Administrative Procedure Act remains an open question, although a denial would appear to constitute an unreviewable discretionary act. 5 U.S.C. Section 701(a)(2).
Academic text (1993) -
For each, the HHS secretary has authority to issue detailed administrative rules with little public scrutiny, wielding what is in effect unreviewable power (at least in the short run) to decide whether specific Medicare service providers will be rewarded or burdened financially.
Academic text (2017) -
The committee's decision about funding allocations is unreviewable and cannot be challenged by any outside authority.
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In many cases, the terms set by the contract are unreviewable, leaving no room for negotiation after signing.
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The judge ruled that the administrative agency had unreviewable discretion in enforcing the regulations over public safety.
Synonyms
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8.8
Cannot be changed by asking a higher court to look at it again
Not able to be changed or appealed by another authority
Antonyms
How Reviewable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unreviewable = reviewable (transparent) = un + review + able
The sense is a straightforward negation of 'reviewable' in legal or institutional contexts.
Etymology
The word unreviewable breaks into un- 'not', review, which comes from re- 'again' and view 'look', and -able 'can', so it means 'not able to be looked at again'. That's why in law it describes decisions that cannot be examined, changed, or judged by a higher court.