Practice question
Congress enacts a law declaring that the Supreme Court may never review any lower-court judgment involving a statute's constitutionality, even through the otherwise proper appeal or certiorari route. Supporters invoke Congress's power to define court jurisdiction and say it has no constitutional exception. Which is strongest?
- Congress may erase every jurisdiction expressly preserved by the Constitution
- The statute contradicts Article VIII, Section 2's protection of the Court's enumerated jurisdiction
- A lower court's constitutional decision automatically amends the Constitution
- Only the President may authorize the Court to review those cases
- Any ordinary law prevails over the Constitution if passed later
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Sections 2 and 5(2)(a): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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