Practice question
Three Supreme Court Justices are designated to a congressional Electoral Tribunal. A private agreement proposes that the youngest designated Justice chair it regardless of seniority. Which rule controls?
- Any private agreement can replace the constitutional chair rule
- The youngest Justice must always chair
- A litigant chooses the chair
- The senior Justice in the Tribunal is Chairman
- The legislative majority automatically becomes Chairman
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; ArticleVI Section17 and ArticleVII Section4.
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