at issue

Idioms  

1. In question, under discussion; also, to be decided. For example, Who will pay for the refreshments was the point at issue . [Early 1800s]

2. In conflict, in disagreement, as in Physicians are still at issue over the appropriate use of hormone therapy . This usage, from legal terminology, was defined by Sir William Blackstone ( Commentaries on the Laws of England , 1768), who said that when a point is affirmed by one side and denied by the other, “they are then said to be at issue .”

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Example Sentences

The judge disqualified Essalyi from participating in the cases of the defendants at issue.

From The Wall Street Journal

At issue are cases involving immigrants who, rather than winning asylum, are granted one of two kinds of immigration relief, known as orders of “withholding of removal” and protection under the international Convention Against Torture.

From Los Angeles Times

This was at issue two years ago in the Supreme Court case Twitter, Inc. v.

From Slate

At issue was the president’s authority to remove members of “independent” federal commissions without cause.

From The Wall Street Journal

What’s at issue is something called the 39% rule, which is the limit set by current FCC rules for the percentage of households one broadcast company is allowed to reach in the U.S.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• debatable
• problematic
• unresolved
• unsettled