Practice question
Does invoking police power remove a measure from judicial review when life, liberty or property is affected?
- Yes, because police power overrides the Constitution.
- Yes, if the council labels the law urgent.
- No; constitutional limits remain judicially enforceable.
- Yes, whenever a mayor signs the ordinance.
- Yes, if no compensation is offered.
Legal references
- White Light Corporation v. City of Manila, G.R. No. 122846, January 20, 2009, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/48715
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article III, Section 1.
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