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Practice question: Scope and Limitations

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Practice question

An official is removed and disqualified through impeachment. He asks the President to cancel that impeachment consequence through a pardon. Which limitation directly applies?
  1. The President must first consult a governor
  2. Only a Cabinet vote is needed
  3. An impeachment judgment is always a criminal acquittal
  4. The impeachment consequence is automatically pardoned after one year
  5. Article VII, Section 19 excepts cases of impeachment

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 19: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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