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Practice question: Original and Appellate Jurisdiction

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Practice question

A litigant argues that every matter within Article VIII, Section 5(2) must be filed first as a trial in the Supreme Court. Explain why the phrase concerning final lower-court judgments and orders defeats that interpretation.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Sections 2 and 5(1)-(2): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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