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Practice question: Impeachment of Members of the Supreme Court (Const., Art. XI, Sec. 2)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

When the Chief Justice presides over a presidential impeachment trial, may the Chief Justice vote?
  1. No; the Constitution expressly withholds a vote.
  2. Yes, with two votes in a tie.
  3. Yes, as a twenty-fifth senator.
  4. Yes, only on conviction.
  5. Yes, whenever the House requests it.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, ArticleVIII Sections6,11; ArticleXI Section3(6),(8): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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