Practice question
Assume the Senate has twenty-four members and all seats are filled. Fifteen senators concur in a treaty subject to Article VII, Section 21; the remaining senators vote against or abstain. Has the concurrence threshold been reached?
- No, sixteen affirmative votes are required
- Yes, because fifteen is a majority
- Yes, because abstentions reduce the all-members denominator
- Yes, if the House endorses the treaty
- No, because all twenty-four must concur
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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