Practice question
An ordinary national executive bureau chooses lawful operating schedule A. On proper review, the President directs lawful schedule B instead. No statute fixes either schedule or otherwise limits this ordinary administrative choice. Which authority best explains the substitution?
- Judicial appellate jurisdiction.
- The Senate's exclusive impeachment power.
- Presidential control over executive bureaus.
- The bureau's independence from every superior.
- Private contractual authority over Congress.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII Section 17: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Drilon v. Lim, August 4, 1994, main decision, meaning of control: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/aug1994/gr_112497_1994.html
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