Practice question
Congress has adjourned and is not in session. The chair of the Commission on Appointments calls a meeting solely to decide pending nominations, arguing that the constitutional power to call the Commission permits it to meet at any time. No congressional session is underway. Which conclusion best reflects Article VI, Section 18?
- The chair's call automatically makes Congress itself in session.
- Pending nominations suspend every constitutional meeting condition.
- A meeting may be called only by the Chief Justice during a recess.
- The Constitution requires every nomination to be decided in a public plebiscite during recess.
- The call alone is insufficient because the Commission meets only while Congress is in session.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 18, and Article VII, Section 16: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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