G.R. No. L-19978 – 128 Phil. 284 – 21 SCRA 336 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Appointment Power – Appointments – When Not Bypassed by a Law In 1961, Republic Act No. 3137 was passed. This law created the Embroidery […]
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G.R. No. 83216 – 258 Phil. 54 – 177 SCRA 259 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Appointment Powers – Appointment of Sectoral Representatives Teresita Quintos-Deles was appointed by then President Corazon Aquino as a sectoral representative for women in 1988. […]
G.R. No. 86439 – 254 Phil. 156 – 172 SCRA 150 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Appointment Powers – Appointment to the Commission on Human Rights – Security of Tenure – CHR commissioners not subject to confirmation by the Commission […]
G.R. No. 79974 – 240 Phil. 505 – 156 SCRA 549 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Appointment Powers – Appointment of “Heads of Bureaus” – Officers Requiring Confirmation by the Commission on Appointments This is the 1st major case under […]
G.R. No. 91636 – 208 SCRA 254 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Appointment Powers – List of Appointees Requiring COA Confirmation Cannot Be Expanded by Law In 1989, Republic Act No. 6715 was passed. This law amended PD 442 or […]
G.R. No. L-57883 – 198 Phil. 1 – 112 SCRA 294 – Political law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power; Political Question – if there is no question of law involved – BP 129 In 1981, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, entitled “An Act Reorganizing the Judiciary, Appropriating […]
G.R. No. L-36142 – 151-A Phil. 35 – 50 SCRA 30 – Political law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Review; Political Question – Validity of the 1973 Constitution – Restriction to Judicial Power In 1973, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the immediate implementation of the new 1973 Constitution. […]
G.R. No. 92649 – 271 Phil. 932 – 194 SCRA 101 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Judicial Power – Tribal Court Has No Judicial Power – Cordillera Bodong Administration Spouses Leonor and Rosa Badua were occupying a parcel of land in Abra. The said land is being claimed […]
G.R. No. L-14653 – 117 Phil. 19 – 7 SCRA 21 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary; Judicial Power – Justiciable Controversy – Citizenship Ricardo Santiago was considered an alien as evidenced by his alien certificate of registration. He averred that this is erroneous. He was born […]
G.R. No. L-25716 – 124 Phil. 168 – 17 SCRA 756 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power Defined – The Presidential Electoral Tribunal is constitutional Fernando Lopez and Gerardo Roxas were the candidates for Vice President in the 1965 elections. Lopez won the election. […]
G.R. No. L-10520 – 103 Phil. 1051 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power; Political Question Defined – Members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal After the 1955 national elections, the membership in the Senate was overwhelmingly occupied by the Nacionalista Party. The lone opposition senator was […]
G.R. No. L-44640 – 165 Phil. 303 – 73 SCRA 333 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary; Judicial Power – Definition of Political Question In September 1976, then President Ferdinand Marcos issued PD 991 calling for a national referendum on 16 October 1976 for the Citizens Assemblies […]
Judicial Power Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any […]
G.R. No. L-21897 – 118 Phil. 1065 – 9 SCRA 230 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judicial Department – Powers of the Judiciary – Judicial Review – Nullification of Treaties – Treaty vs Executive Agreements During the term of President Diosdado Macapagal, he entered into two executive agreements […]
G.R. No. L-47329 – 170 Phil. 556 – 80 SCRA 538 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – President’s Immunity From Suit In December 1977, a referendum was scheduled to be held. The purpose of which was to merge the office […]
G.R. No. L-14279 – 113 Phil. 333 – 3 SCRA 351 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Treaties vs Executive Agreements – Executive Agreements do not need senate concurrence Eastern Sea Trading (EST) was a shipping company which imports onion […]