Practice question
A respondent says Article VIII’s expanded review applies only to executive agencies and never to another governmental instrumentality. A proper case alleges qualifying grave abuse by a government instrumentality outside that asserted category. Which response follows the text?
- Naming a nonexecutive institution always eliminates judicial power
- The Constitution says only Cabinet departments
- Every instrumentality is immune if it calls its act final
- Courts may review only actions welcomed by all parties
- The clause extends to any branch or instrumentality, subject to the proper case and applicable requirements
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VIII, Section 1.
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