Practice question
A districting law is challenged because its proponents expressly used the number of wealthy donors as the controlling allocation measure and concede that they disregarded population entirely. They answer that districts have no universal 250,000 minimum under Aquino III. Which response is best?
- Aquino III abolished every population standard.
- The absence of a universal district minimum permits donor-based apportionment.
- Population matters only in Senate elections.
- Rejecting a universal 250,000 floor does not eliminate the Constitution’s population-based apportionment and uniform-and-progressive-ratio standards.
- Donor wealth is an express constitutional standard.
Legal references
- Aquino III v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 189793, April 7, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/53925
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 5(1).
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