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Practice question: Tests to Determine Validity of Governmental Regulation

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A speech regulation is useful and narrowly drafted, but its issuer concedes no constitutional power supports it. Explain why usefulness and fit cannot replace the first component of the Diocese content-neutral test.

Legal references

  • Diocese of Bacolod v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 205728, January 21, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_205728_2015.html

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