G.R. No. L-34150 – 149 Phil. 1 – 41 SCRA 702 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendment to the Constitution – Doctrine of Proper Submission – No piece-meal submission The Constitutional Convention of 1971 scheduled an advance plebiscite concerning only the proposal to lower the voting age from […]
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G.R. No. L-9657 – 100 Phil. 468 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Two-fold Function of the Government – Constituent vs Ministrant Functions Leopoldo Bacani and Mateo Matoto were court stenographers assigned in a court in Manila. During the pendency of a particular […]
G.R. No. L-9959 – 35 Phil. 728 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Parens Patriae In June 1863 a devastating earthquake occurred in the Philippines. The Spanish Government then provided $400,000.00 as aid for the victims and it was received by the Philippine Treasury. […]
G.R. No. L-58289 – 15 SCRA 418 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Forms of Government Legaspi, then incumbent member of the interim Batasang Pambansa, petitioned to declare Presidential Decree 1840 “granting tax amnesty and filing of statement of assets and liabilities and some other purposes” unconstitutional. He argued […]
G.R. No. L-28196; G.R. No. L-28224 – 129 Phil. 7 – 21 SCRA 774 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power – Amendment to the Constitution – Political Question vs Justiciable Question – The act of congress enacting a law proposing amendments to the constitution […]
G.R. No. L-13250 – 42 SCRA 23 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Definition of “State” In January 1955, Maria Cerdeira died in Tangier, Morocco (an international zone [foreign country] in North Africa). At the time of her death, she was a Spanish citizen and was a resident of […]
G.R. No. 127325 – 336 Phil. 848 – 270 SCRA 106 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendments to the Constitution – Revision vs Amendment – People’s Initiative; Scope On 6 December 1996, Atty. Jesus S. Delfin filed with COMELEC a Petition to Amend the Constitution to Lift Term […]
G.R. No. L-21484 – 30 SCRA 649 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Two-fold Function of the Government – Free Enterprise – Ministrant vs Constituent Functions In September 1961 a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was agreed upon by labor unions (ASA and AWA) […]
G.R. No. L-66088 – 212 Phil. 63 – 127 SCRA 69 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendment to the Constitution – Doctrine of Complete Submission – Political Question In January 1984, a plebiscite was to be held to allow the voters to either approve or reject amendments to the […]
G.R. No. L-44640; G.R. No. L-44684; G.R. No. L-44714 – 165 Phil. 303 – 73 SCRA 333 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power – Amendment to the Constitution – Political Question vs Justiciable Question On 2 Sept 1976, Marcos issued PD No. 991 calling […]
G.R. No. L-40004 – 159 Phil. 328 – 62 SCRA 275 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – De Jure vs De Facto Government – Marcos as a De Jure President Under the 1973 Constitution In January 1975, a petition for prohibition was […]
G.R. Nos. L-10360 – G.R. Nos. L-10433 – 100 Phil. 683 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power – Removal of Appointed LGU officials Republic Act No. 603 created the City of Roxas. Section 8 thereof provides that the […]
G.R. No. L-46570 – 67 Phil. 451 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power – Supervision – Suspension of a Local Government Official – Power to suspend comes with the power to remove Jose Villena was the then mayor […]
G.R. No. L-22754 – 112 Phil. 1091 – 15 SCRA 710 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power – Removal Power – Appointees Ruben Villaluz was appointed as the Administrator of the Motor Vehicles Office in 1958. In 1960, […]
G.R. No. L-7708 – 97 Phil. 143 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power; Power of Supervision over Local Government Officials Administrative Law – Investigation Power of the Governor over Municipal Mayors Jose Mondano was the mayor of Mainit, […]
G.R. No. 89865 – 198 SCRA 577 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Control Power – Acts of the Executive Secretary Atty. Rizal Echeche was employed as Legal Officer II of the Bureau of Mines. In 1975, Letter of Instruction No. […]