Practice question
In a pending action, a party calls a new measure procedural although its operation would take away the opponent’s established substantive entitlement. The party also ignores an express transition exception. Which analysis is best?
- The procedural label conclusively permits deprivation
- All pending cases necessarily lose substantive protections
- Only the measure’s title matters
- Examine the actual substantive effect and transition terms; pending status does not erase constitutional limitations
- Any new measure automatically controls completed final judgments
Legal references
- Constitution ArticleVIII Section5(5); AM19-10-20-SC Rule144: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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