Practice question
After a scandal in private training businesses, an executive order gives a commission authority over a class of businesses outside its statutory charter. The Government concedes that no law authorizes changing the charter but relies on stakeholder consultations, public benefit and Section 20. Under Review Center Association, which is strongest?
- Consultation itself amends the charter.
- A desirable objective always supplies legislative jurisdiction.
- A scandal suspends every statutory boundary.
- The residual clause does not supply the missing legislative authority to enlarge the commission’s statutory functions.
- Any commission may regulate any business once it issues a press release.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 292, Book III, Title I, Chapter 7, Section 20: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html
- Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Ermita, G.R. No. 180046, April 2, 2009, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/49250
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