Practice question
A constitutional challenge turns on disputed technical market facts requiring reception of evidence. The petitioner asks the Supreme Court to decide those facts in the first instance merely by invoking national importance. Under Gios-Samar, which is best?
- National importance conclusively proves every disputed fact
- Every constitutional case belongs originally and exclusively in the Supreme Court
- The petitioner may replace evidence with rhetoric
- The Court must assume the allegations true for final merits disposition
- The unresolved factual issues weigh against bypassing the appropriate fact-finding court
Legal references
- Gios-Samar, G.R.217158, March12 2019: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_217158_2019.html
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