Practice question
The President regularly appoints a qualified person as consul while Congress is in session. An adviser says Commission on Appointments consent is unnecessary because consuls are absent from the first sentence of Section 16. Which answer is correct?
- The first sentence mentions only Cabinet members.
- All diplomatic appointments are excluded from the text.
- Consuls are expressly included in the confirmation category.
- A consul is constitutionally identical to a private travel agent.
- The appointee can remove the consent requirement by requesting it.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 16: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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