Practice question
A citizen challenging the PDL-voting resolution merely states that he is a lawyer. He alleges no concrete affected right or other established standing basis. Does professional status alone supply standing under Aguinaldo?
- Yes, every lawyer automatically has standing in every dispute
- Yes, a bar card establishes every factual injury
- Yes, no judicial-review conditions apply
- No; bare invocation of the lawyer’s rule-of-law duty is insufficient
- Yes, membership itself proves the issuance unconstitutional
Legal references
- Aguinaldo v. New Bilibid Prison, G.R. No. 221201, March 29, 2022, main resolution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/68250; main resolution, quoted Resolution 9371 Rule 1 Section 2 and judicial-review disposition.
- RA 8189: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8189_1996.html; Section 11(a).
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