Practice question
A student says that the Constitution is simply a historical account of past governments and therefore creates no operative rules. Which feature directly refutes that characterization?
- Its provisions vest legislative, executive and judicial power in designated institutions.
- Its printed copies can be bound as books.
- Its text can be studied chronologically.
- Its authors lived before present officeholders.
- Its language can be quoted in speeches.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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