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Practice question: Discipline of Members

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Compare a House’s punitive suspension for disorderly behavior with a court’s preventive suspension under RA 3019. Explain why the word “suspension” alone does not identify the controlling constitutional limit.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(3).
  • Santiago v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 128055, April 18, 2001, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/52070

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