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Guide Questions: (Module 3, Part 2)
1. How does a bill become a law?
2. What are the bills that originate from the lower House?
3. What is the plenary power of Congress?
How was this principle applied in the case League of Cities?
4. What are the procedural and substantive limitations in the
power of Congress to pass laws? (Tolentino, videogram)
5. Can the President make a partial veto?
What is a rider? How about the concept of inappropriate provision? Is the executive impoundment of the budget constitutional?
6. What is a legislative inquiry? How is it different from question
hour (Sec 21 and 22, Art VI)
7. How do you differentiate the two in terms of:
Purpose Who can be invited Topics that can be taken up When is consent of the President needed for appearance of witnesses and resource persons
8. Can the inquiry proceed if there are pending cases in court over the same subject matter?
Is it not a violation of the sub judice rule?
9. What are the matters that could not be disclosed in a legislative
inquiry?
Who can invoke it?
Can the President prevent the appearance of military generals in a legislative inquiry? On what basis?
10. What is legislative contempt?
Why is it important to lawmaking?
Is there a limitation on the power of Congress to order the detention of witnesses in a legislative inquiry by reason of contempt?
Why is legislative power which is vested in Congress
considered delegated and derivative power?
11. What is the composition of Congress and the qualifications of its
members? (Marcos vs Comelec and Aquino vs Comelec, Social Justice vs Dangerous Drugs case) 12. How are legislative districts apportioned? (Mariano, Sema and Bagabuyo cases)
13. What are the privileges of members of Congress? Why are they entitled to such?
When shall the immunities apply? (Jalosjos and Triallanes
cases)
14. What are their restrictions? What are the reasons for the restrictions?
How are members being disciplined? (Osmena case)
Can the Sandiganbayan suspend a Senator facing a criminal
case? (Santiago case)
Can the Ombudsman suspend a member of the House of
Representatives pending investigation and as penalty?
15. Distinguish initiative from referendum?
What are the procedures for each? (refer to the law)
16. What is an enrolled bill?
In case of conflict between the contents of an enrolled bill
and journal of proceedings of Congress, which one prevails and why?
17. Enumerate the powers and composition of the following:
HRET (Bondoc vs Pineda case)
SET (Senate Electoral Tribunal) (Abbas) Commission on Appointment
18. Who can join the Party list elections?
How are the seats allocated under the party list
law? (RA 7941, Banat and Paglaum cases)
19. What is PDAF?
Cite 3 major constitutional issues against the pork barrel system?
(Belgica, Carague)
What are the reasons the Supreme Court declare it as
unconstitutional?
20. What is DAP? (Araullo case)
Why is it considered a budget within a budget?
When and how savings from the GAA can be used? By what department?
Why is DAP considered an undue delegation of legislative
power?
Why did the Supreme Court declare DAP as unconstitutional?
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