Practice question
A Supreme Court applicant satisfies citizenship, age and years of practice. In the selection process, it is conclusively established that she knowingly fabricated material professional records and lacks the required probity. She argues that numerical eligibility ends the inquiry. Which answer is best?
- The qualitative requirements are merely optional compliments.
- Article VIII, Section 7(3) independently requires proven competence, integrity, probity and independence.
- A long practice automatically legalizes fabricated records.
- Only the size of the applicant’s law office matters.
- The Constitution forbids examining integrity.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VIII, Section 7.
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