Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 52 views

    Constititon Cases Rulings 1. Angara Vs Electoral Commission GR No. L-45081, July 15, 1936

    Uploaded by

    Magr Esca
    1) The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government to ensure coordination, even if each branch has exclusive authority within its own sphere. 2) Under this system, the legislative branch acts as a check on the executive through powers like consent for appointments and treaty ratification. It also exercises some control over the judiciary by establishing courts and funding them. 3) Meanwhile, the judiciary checks the other branches through its power to determine constitutionality and declare acts of the other branches void if violating the Constitution. 4) In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the Electoral Commission's authority as the "sole judge of all contests relating to the election" of legislative members

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Constititon Cases Rulings 1. Angara Vs Electoral Commission GR No. L-45081, July 15, 1936

    Uploaded by

    Magr Esca
    52 views1 page
    1) The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government to ensure coordination, even if each branch has exclusive authority within its own sphere. 2) Under this system, the legislative branch acts as a check on the executive through powers like consent for appointments and treaty ratification. It also exercises some control over the judiciary by establishing courts and funding them. 3) Meanwhile, the judiciary checks the other branches through its power to determine constitutionality and declare acts of the other branches void if violating the Constitution. 4) In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the Electoral Commission's authority as the "sole judge of all contests relating to the election" of legislative members

    Original Title

    CONSTITITON CASES RULINGS

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    1) The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government to ensure coordination, even if each branch has exclusive authority within its own sphere. 2) Under this system, the legislative branch acts as a check on the executive through powers like consent for appointments and treaty ratification. It also exercises some control over the judiciary by establishing courts and funding them. 3) Meanwhile, the judiciary checks the other branches through its power to determine constitutionality and declare acts of the other branches void if violating the Constitution. 4) In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the Electoral Commission's authority as the "sole judge of all contests relating to the election" of legislative members

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    52 views1 page

    Constititon Cases Rulings 1. Angara Vs Electoral Commission GR No. L-45081, July 15, 1936

    Uploaded by

    Magr Esca
    1) The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government to ensure coordination, even if each branch has exclusive authority within its own sphere. 2) Under this system, the legislative branch acts as a check on the executive through powers like consent for appointments and treaty ratification. It also exercises some control over the judiciary by establishing courts and funding them. 3) Meanwhile, the judiciary checks the other branches through its power to determine constitutionality and declare acts of the other branches void if violating the Constitution. 4) In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the Electoral Commission's authority as the "sole judge of all contests relating to the election" of legislative members

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    CONSTITITON CASES RULINGS

    1. ANGARA VS ELECTORAL COMMISSION GR NO. L-45081, July 15, 1936

    Doctrine: The separation of powers is a fundamental principle in our system of government. It


    obtains not through express provision but by actual division in our Constitution. Each department of
    the government has exclusive cognizance of matters within its jurisdiction, and is supreme within its
    own sphere. But it does not follow from the fact that the three powers are to be kept separate and
    distinct that the Constitution intended them to be absolutely unrestrained and independent of each
    other. The Constitution has provided for an elaborate system of check and balances to secure
    coordination in the workings of the various departments of the government.

    ELD: The National Assembly operates as a check on the Executive in the sense that its consent
    through its Commission on Appointments is necessary in the appointments of certain officers; and
    the concurrence of a majority of all its members is essential to the conclusion of treaties.
    Furthermore, its power to determine what courts other than the Supreme Court shall be
    established, to define their jurisdiction and to appropriate funds for their support, the National
    Assembly controls the judicial department to a certain extent. The Assembly also exercises the
    judicial power of trying impeachments. The Judiciary, in turn, with the Supreme Court as the final
    arbiter effectively checks the other departments in the exercise of its power to determine the law,
    and hence to declare executive and legislative acts void if violative of the Constitution. This power of
    has been stated in Section 2, Article VIII of the Constitution.

    Section 4, Article VI of the Constitution provides that “x x x The Electoral Commission shall be the
    sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns and qualifications of the members of the
    National Assembly.” In view of the deliberations of the framers of the Constitution, it is held that the
    Electoral Commission was acting within the legitimate exercise of its constitutional prerogative in
    assuming to take cognizance of the protest filed by the respondent Ynsua. The petition of writ of
    prohibition against the Electoral Commission is hereby denied.

    You might also like