- Enrolled Bill Theory

 Residency Requirement - Arroyo v. De Venecia, G.R. No.

127255, August 14, 1997
- Romualdez-Marcos v. COMELEC (248
SCRA 300)

- Aquino v. COMELEC (248 SCRA 400)  Electoral Tribunal (Sec. 17, Art. VI)

 Party-List System a. Composition

- Qualification of Party-List Nominees b. Power

a. Who may participate in Party-List - Vinzons-Chato v. COMELEC, G.R. No.

Elections 172131, April 2, 2007

- Atong Paglaum, Inc., et al. v.

COMELEC, G.R. No. 203766, 694 SCRA 477,
 Legislative Powers
April 2, 2013, En Banc [Carpio]
 Where vested? except to the extent
reserved to the people by the provision on
b. Seat Allocation initiative and referendum. (Section 1, Article
VI, 1987 Constitution)
- Barangay Association for National
Advancement and Transparency (BANAT) v.  Limitations to Legislative Powers
COMELEC, G.R. No. 179271, 586 SCRA 210,
a. Substantive
July 2, 2009, En Banc (Carpio)
b. Procedural

- Only One Subject

 Privileges
- Sec. 26 (2), Art. VII
a. Freedom from Arrest
- Imbong v. Ochoa, G.R. No. 204819,
- Trillanes IV v. Judge Pimentel, G.R.
April 8, 2014
No. 179817, June 27, 2008
 How a Bill becomes a law
b. Privilege of Speech and of Debate
- Ang Nars Party-List v. Executive
- Osmeña v. Pendatun, 109 Phil. 863
Secretary, G.R. No. 215746, October 8, 2019
 Disqualifications (Sec. 13, Art. VI)

a. Incompatible office
- The Bicameral Conference Committee
- Liban v. Senator Gordon, G.R. 175352,
- It is a mechanism for compromising
Jan. 18, 2011
differences between the Senate and the
b. Forbidden Office House of Representatives. By the nature of its
function, a Bicameral Conference Committee
 Other inhibitions (Sec. 14, Art VI)
is capable of producing unexpected results –
 Discipline of Members (Sec. 16 (3), results which sometimes may even go beyond
Art. VI) its own mandate. Philippine Judges
Association v. Secretary Prado;
 Legislative Journal and the
Congressional Record
The Bills That Are Required to Originate
Exclusively in the House of Representatives
 Canvassing, Vacancy in the Presidency
- Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance (Article VII, Secs. 4, 9 and 11)
(Section 24 Article VI of the 1987 Constitution)
 Declaration of Martial Law (Sec. 18,
G.R. No. 115455 October 30, 1995
Article VII)

- Neri v. Senate Committee on

 Non-Legislative Powers Accountability of Public Officers and
Investigations, 564 SCRA 152, Sept. 4, 2008
 Power of Appropriation
- Daryl Grace J. Abayon v. The
- Section 29 [1], Article VI, 1987
Honorable House of 35 Representatives
Constitution
Electoral Tribunal, et al., G.R. Nos. 189466 and
- Belgica, et al. v. Exec. Sec. Paquito N. 189506, 612 SCRA 375, 11 February 2010
Ochoa, et al., G.R. No. 208566, 710 SCRA 1,
160-161, Nov. 19, 2013, En Banc [Perlas-
Bernabe]

 The Power of Augmentation

- Section 25 [5], Article VI, 1987

Constitution)

- Maria Carolina P. Araullo, et al. v.

Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, et al. G.R. No.,
209287, 728 SCRA 1, July 1, 2014, En Banc
[Bersamin])

 Power of Legislative/Congressional
Investigation

- Bengzon v. Senate Blue Ribbon

Committee, 203 SCRA 767

- Standard Chartered Bank v. Senate

Committee on Banks, December 27, 2007

 Question Hour

- Senate v. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777,

April 20, 2006

 Confirmation of Appointments

- Sarmiento and Arcilla v. Mison, 156

SCRA 549