Practice question
In Aguinaldo’s 2022 main resolution, did the Court need to decide the substantive constitutional attacks after finding the judicial-review requisites unmet?
- No; it expressly saw no need to reach those substantive issues
- Yes, it decided every conceivable prison-voting issue
- Yes, it abolished all election qualifications
- Yes, it permanently banned every PDL ballot
- Yes, it adjudicated every inmate’s eligibility
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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