Practice question
A court resolves an actual dispute by determining an agency’s legal authority and granting relief within its judicial jurisdiction. An adviser then says expanded judicial power authorizes the judge to take over the agency, set all future budgets and personally administer programs despite no legal basis for those additional powers. Which assessment is correct?
- Deciding one case automatically makes a court the permanent agency administrator
- Judicial power eliminates separation of functions
- Adjudication of legal authority does not itself confer general executive administration or budget powers
- Every agency function becomes judicial after any lawsuit
- The judge may ignore every legal limit once grave abuse is alleged
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VIII, Section 1.
- Francisco v. House of Representatives, G.R. No. 160261 et al., November 10, 2003, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2003/nov2003/gr_160261_2003.html
- IBP v. Zamora, G.R. No. 141284, August 15, 2000, main opinion: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/36338
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