Practice question
What limit does Article VIII section 2 place on Congress’s allocation of court jurisdiction?
- Congress may abolish every judicial remedy by ordinary law
- Congress may remove all Article VIII section 5 cases from the Supreme Court
- Congress may not deprive the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over the cases enumerated in section 5
- Congress may allocate jurisdiction only with every litigant’s consent
- Congress may confer judicial power only on private persons
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Constitution, Article VIII sections 1–2, 4–6, Supreme Court judicial power, protected jurisdiction, original and review powers, en banc authority and rulemaking.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_217158_2019.html — Gios-Samar, Inc. v. DOTC, G.R. No. 217158, March 12, 2019, main decision on hierarchy of courts and direct recourse.
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