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Practice question: Separation of Powers

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Practice question

According to Angara v. Electoral Commission, how does the Constitution establish separation of governmental powers?
  1. By making Congress the superior of all other departments
  2. By making the Executive the source of all judicial authority
  3. By assigning every governmental function to the Supreme Court
  4. By actually dividing powers among the governmental departments
  5. By prohibiting every form of constitutional interaction among departments

Legal references

  • Angara v. Electoral Commission, G.R. No. 45081, July 15, 1936, majority opinion, constitutional division of powers and judicial allocation of constitutional boundaries: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1936/jul1936/gr_45081_1936.html

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