Legislative Districts and Apportionment

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1. Under Article VI, Section 5(3), each province is entitled to at least how many representatives?
2. Which territorial qualities should each legislative district possess as far as practicable?
3. Within what period after the return of every census does Article VI, Section 5(4) direct Congress to make reapportionme…
4. A validly existing province has 210,000 inhabitants. An official argues that it is constitutionally entitled to no repr…
5. A city has an officially established population of 300,000. Its residents ask whether Article VI, Section 5(3) guarante…
6. Congress reapportions an existing province by statute. One resulting district contains 185,000 inhabitants. Challengers…
7. A congressional proposal divides a mainland province into districts. It can use adjoining municipalities to create comp…
8. A city with 260,000 inhabitants and a validly existing province with 180,000 inhabitants both seek their constitutional…
9. A litigant argues that a provincial district with fewer than 250,000 inhabitants is invalid solely for that reason. Sta…
10. Explain the role of both population and territorial practicability when Congress draws legislative districts. May a fav…
11. What constitutional population-based principle governs apportionment among provinces, cities and Metropolitan Manila?
12. Which body does Article VI, Section 5(4) direct to make reapportionment after the return of a census?