Practice question
Congress creates a statutory commission outside the constitutional confirmation categories and authorizes the President to appoint its commissioners. A clause adds Commission on Appointments consent solely because legislators prefer that additional check. Supporters identify no constitutional provision placing these offices in a confirmable category. Applying Calderon, what is the best response?
- Any statutory preference can enlarge the constitutional Commission’s confirmation power.
- Every new statutory office automatically becomes a constitutional office.
- The Commission can amend the Constitution by accepting the nomination.
- Ordinary legislation cannot expand the constitutional confirmation categories merely by adding that condition.
- The President can never appoint any officer created by statute.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 16: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Calderon v. Carale, G.R. No. 91636, April 23, 1992, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1992/apr1992/gr_91636_1992.html
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