Practice question
A natural-born candidate is thirty-nine at the proposed Supreme Court appointment and has more than fifteen years of Philippine law practice. All other qualifications are assumed. Can experience alone compensate for age?
- Yes, years of practice replace every other condition.
- Yes, if the candidate promises to wait before hearing cases.
- No; the forty-year minimum is an independent constitutional qualification.
- Yes, if a party leader approves.
- No, because law practice never counts.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VIII, Section 7.
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