Practice question
Assume a valid impeachment trial of an Associate Justice. A participant claims the Constitution’s special Chief-Justice-presiding clause applies automatically because the respondent belongs to the Supreme Court. Which is correct?
- That clause expressly concerns the President’s trial, not every trial of a Supreme Court member.
- Membership in the Supreme Court automatically invokes the presidential clause.
- The House must preside over every Senate trial.
- The respondent chooses the trial’s presiding officer.
- The Chief Justice becomes a voting senator in every judicial impeachment.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, ArticleVIII Sections6,11; ArticleXI Section3(6),(8): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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