Practice question
An initial martial-law proclamation is approaching its sixty-day limit. The President asks Congress for an extension and supplies evidence that rebellion persists and public safety requires continuation. Congress, voting jointly, reaches a majority of all its members and fixes the extension period. Opponents claim the vote is invalid solely because it was not a two-thirds vote in each House separately. Assume the substantive factual conditions are established. Which answer is best?
- The objection succeeds because every extraordinary-power vote is separate
- The objection misstates Section 18, which allows extension in the same joint-majority manner as revocation upon the stated conditions
- The President may extend indefinitely without Congress
- The House alone may choose the period
- The courts have no review power over an extension
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 18: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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