Practice question
A resident claims that liberty of abode means no court can ever lawfully order an interference with residence. Is that reading consistent with Article III, section 6?
- Yes, the clause contains no qualifications.
- Yes, residence is immune even from a lawful court order.
- Yes, all statutory limits are necessarily void.
- Yes, a private declaration defeats every court order.
- No; the text expressly recognizes lawful court orders and limits prescribed by law.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, section 6, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Genuino v. De Lima, G.R. No. 197930 et al., April 17, 2018, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/apr2018/gr_197930_2018.html
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