Scope and Limitations

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1. Under the present Constitution, an ordinary presidential pardon may be granted at what stage?
2. For violations of election laws, rules and regulations, what special constitutional prerequisite applies to the listed …
3. Which liability does a pardon not, by itself, extinguish under Article 36 of the Revised Penal Code?
4. A trial court convicts a defendant, but his ordinary appeal remains pending and the conviction is not final. He request…
5. An official is removed and disqualified through impeachment. He asks the President to cancel that impeachment consequen…
6. A former career officer validly receives an absolute pardon after final conviction. The former post is vacant. She dema…
7. An election-law offender is convicted by final judgment. The President signs a pardon, but COMELEC has expressly declin…
8. Explain the current final-judgment and impeachment limitations on presidential pardon. Why must a reader distinguish th…
9. A pardoned convict argues that the injured party's civil indemnity has automatically disappeared along with the crimina…
10. Discuss the role of COMELEC in presidential clemency for election-law violations. Can the President treat its unfavorab…
11. Under Article 36 of the Revised Penal Code, restoration through pardon of the right to hold public office or of suffrag…
12. What distinction does Monsanto emphasize between pardon and an assertion that the criminal act and conviction never his…