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Medina Lecture
Medina Lecture
Medina Lecture
Any power deemed to be legislature by ways and tradition, is necessarily possessed by Congress, unless the constitution delegated it to other branch. 2. It is a LEGAL QUESTION if it violates a constitutional provision hence it is a subject for judicial review. 3. It is a political question if it is a question of policy which is a nonjusticiable question. It usually involves the publics common wisdom than resolution of legal matters. 4. The Constitution does not prohibit Senate in filing a substitute bill (that should originate exclusively from the House) so long as the action of the Senate as a body is withheld pending receipt of the House Bill. 5. 2 characters of enrolled bill: a. Conclusive as to its enactment b. Conclusive as to its provision 6. Indispensible character of party-list representation of marginalized and underprivileged.