Practice question
After a valid impeachment conviction and removal, an adviser asks the President to issue a pardon specifically nullifying that impeachment judgment. Which constitutional rule directly answers the proposal?
- Any removal is automatically pardonable
- Impeachment cases are expressly excepted from the pardon power
- A pardon can amend the Senate’s membership
- Only the removed official’s relatives may pardon
- The Chief Justice must issue the pardon instead
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VII, Section 19.
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