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Practice question: Original and Appellate Jurisdiction

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A lower court renders a final decision in a case squarely involving the constitutionality of a statute. Which constitutional Supreme Court function is implicated when review is sought through the proper prescribed route?
  1. Appellate review of the final lower-court judgment in a listed category
  2. Automatic original trial of every disputed fact
  3. A power to legislate a replacement statute
  4. A private arbitration function
  5. An executive power to issue permits

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 5(2)(a): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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