Practice question
To speed up licensing disputes, a statute places a sitting regional trial court judge on a national administrative board. The board issues and revokes operating licenses and adjudicates administrative appeals. Its work is separate from the judge’s court docket. Supporters call the arrangement voluntary interbranch cooperation. Which answer follows from the Constitution?
- It is valid whenever the judge volunteers.
- It is valid because an administrative board may always recruit sitting judges.
- It is valid if the judge receives no additional compensation.
- It violates Article VIII, Section 12, which bars designation of members of courts to agencies performing quasi-judicial or administrative functions.
- It is invalid only if the board issues criminal judgments.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 1; Article VII, Section 1; Article VIII, Sections 1 and 12: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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