Practice question
In Pascual, did the Court treat a taxpayer challenge seeking to prevent expenditure under an allegedly unconstitutional appropriation as necessarily premature until all funds were spent?
- No; prevention of the challenged expenditure was a recognized object of the action.
- Yes; a court can act only after every peso is irretrievably lost.
- Yes; appropriations are categorically immune from judicial challenge.
- No; because every taxpayer automatically wins every spending case.
- Yes; only a private contractor may ever question an appropriation.
Legal references
- Pascual v. Secretary of Public Works, G.R. L-10405, December29,1960, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1960/dec1960/gr_l-10405_1960.html
- Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R.133250, July9,2002, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/jul2002/gr_133250_2002.html
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