Practice question
A litigant attacks a House composition of more than 250 members solely because Article VI, Section 5(1) mentions 250, while conceding that a valid law fixes the different number. Does that isolated numerical argument succeed?
- Yes, because the constitutional figure has no qualification.
- No, because the text permits a different number fixed by law.
- Yes, because only an executive order can change membership.
- No, because Congress may ignore all apportionment rules.
- Yes, because party-list members are never part of the House.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 5(1).
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