Practice question
A private professional group selects its preferred person for a regular JBC seat and issues a certificate stating that its endorsement is itself the completed constitutional appointment. No presidential appointment or CA consent exists. What is the best answer?
- Private endorsement automatically replaces both constitutional steps
- The endorsement does not itself supply the constitutionally required appointment and consent
- Payment of membership dues creates public title
- Every recommendation is legally identical to appointment
- A private certificate amends Article VIII
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Articles VII Section 16 and VIII Sections 5(6), 8.
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