Practice question
A public body argues that compliance with an express constitutional voting requirement is solely political because its members are legislators. A proper case squarely contests whether the required vote occurred. Which is best?
- Legislative status erases the constitutional requirement
- Only the body may ever interpret the voting clause
- The Constitution cannot regulate political bodies
- An election automatically validates every later legislative act
- The legality question is not excluded merely by calling the body political
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Tañada v. Cuenco, G.R. No. L-10520, February 28, 1957, main opinion on political versus legal questions: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1957/feb1957/gr_l-10520_1957.html
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