Practice question
A government agency bans an otherwise lawful staff association solely because civil servants are categorically forbidden to organize. Which is best?
- The ban follows automatically from public employment
- The stated categorical premise conflicts with constitutional associational protection
- Only private employers have constitutions
- An agency may repeal the Bill of Rights
- Association necessarily means an unlawful strike
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Sections 6, 7 and 8; Article IX-B, Section 2(5): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Social Security System Employees Association v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 85279, July 28, 1989, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1989/jul1989/gr_85279_1989.html
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