Practice question
A mayor orders a trial-court clerk suspended for alleged misconduct in maintaining court files, claiming that all offices within the city fall under mayoral administrative control. What is the central constitutional objection?
- Judicial personnel administration falls within Supreme Court supervision, not local executive control
- A clerk can never face administrative discipline
- The mayor automatically becomes a judge during a complaint
- The clerk's address determines the supervising institution
- A private lawyer may delegate disciplinary jurisdiction to the mayor
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 6: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Maceda v. Vasquez, G.R. No. 102781, April 22, 1993: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/apr1993/gr_102781_1993.html
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