Practice question
After the President proclaims martial law, Congress in a proper session votes jointly, with at least a majority of all its Members, to revoke the proclamation. The President announces that Commander-in-Chief authority permits him to set the revocation aside. No question about the vote’s validity exists. Which answer follows the Constitution?
- The President may disregard the revocation by executive order.
- The revocation needs presidential approval to have any effect.
- The Supreme Court must first ratify every congressional revocation.
- Congress may revoke only by a unanimous vote.
- The revocation cannot be set aside by the President.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 18.
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