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Vargas vs. Rilloraza 80 Phil 297 [DISSENTING OPINION, FERIA, J.]

JORGE B. VARGAS, petitioner, vs. EMILIO RILLORAZA, JOSE BERNABE, MANUEL ESCUDERO, Judges of People's Court, and THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1612 | 1948-02-26


FERIA, J., dissenting: 

I dissent. 

The legislative powers of Congress granted by the Constitution on all matters are general and absolute, subject only to the limitations placed upon them on some particular subject, and therefore Congress is free to legislate on matters not expressly or by necessary implication restricted by the Constitution. 

"The rule of law upon this subject appears to be that, except where the Constitution has imposed limits upon the legislative power, it must be construed as practically absolute, whether it operates according to natural justice or not in any particular case . . . Any legislative act which...