Practice question
A party challenges an official act solely because polling shows most voters dislike it. The party concedes statutory authority, constitutional compliance and absence of grave abuse. Which response best applies the political-question distinction?
- Polling automatically makes the action illegal
- Public unpopularity alone does not turn a lawful discretionary policy choice into a judicial illegality
- Courts must choose whichever option wins the latest poll
- Every unpopular act is necessarily a bill of attainder
- No government act may ever be reviewed
Legal references
- Tañada v. Cuenco, G.R. No. L-10520, February 28, 1957, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1957/feb1957/gr_l-10520_1957.html
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VIII, Section 1.
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