Practice question
A citizen who is not detained files an appropriate Supreme Court proceeding challenging the sufficiency of the factual basis for a suspension. An official objects solely that Section 18 allows only prisoners to file. Which answer follows the text?
- The objection succeeds because only the President may file.
- The objection succeeds because only detainees are citizens for this purpose.
- The objection succeeds unless Congress appoints the citizen.
- Section 18 expressly allows an appropriate proceeding filed by any citizen.
- The Constitution allows review only after every detention ends.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 18: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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