Power of Impeachment

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1. Which chamber has the exclusive power to initiate all cases of impeachment under Article XI?
2. Which body has the sole power to try and decide all cases of impeachment?
3. Which is expressly listed as a ground for impeachment in Article XI, Section 2?
4. The President of the Philippines is being tried in a valid Senate impeachment case. Who must preside under the Constitu…
5. All twenty-four Senate seats are occupied. In a valid impeachment trial, fifteen senators vote to convict and nine vote…
6. After a valid impeachment conviction for bribery, the Senate declares removal and purports to impose a ten-year prison …
7. A group seeks to remove a Regional Trial Court judge by impeachment, reasoning that all judicial officers are 'Members …
8. Describe the constitutional roles of the House and Senate in impeachment. Include the oath requirement for senators, th…
9. A public officer is validly convicted in impeachment for conduct that may also constitute an ordinary criminal offense.…
10. Identify the officers and grounds expressly covered by Article XI, Section 2. Explain why disagreement with a lawful po…
11. Which official is expressly included among those removable through impeachment in Article XI, Section 2?
12. Under Article VII, Section 19, which class of cases is expressly excepted from presidential pardon authority?