Midterm Exam

True or False. Impeachment is a constitutional process that takes place within the political departments of our government.

• True

• False

True or False. The impeachment provisions in the Constitution are self-executing.

• True

• False

True or False. Under the Constitution, the sole disciplining authority of all impeachable officers, including Justices of this Court, is Congress.

• True

• False

True or False. The rule that an impeachable officer cannot be criminally prosecuted for the same offenses which constitute grounds for impeachment presupposes his continuance in office. Hence, the moment he is no longer in office because of his removal, resignation, or permanent disability, there can be no bar to his criminal prosecution in the courts.

• True

• False

True or False. The Supreme Court has no power to decide on the guilt or innocence of a sitting Justice in the administrative complaint because such act is a usurpation of the exclusive disciplinary power of Congress over impeachable officers under the Constitution.

• True

• False

True or False. The Supreme Court may conduct an investigation of an administrative complaint against a sitting Justice to determine if there is basis in recommending to the House of Representatives the initiation of an impeachment complaint against the sitting Justice.

• True

• False

_____________ is the basic and paramount law to which all other laws must conform and to which all persons, including the highest officials of the land, must defer.

________________is the symbol of monument of the people's will.

The _____________ are the ultimate guardian of the Constitution.

• Courts

• Soldiers

• Government

• Schools

The _____________ outlines the infrastructure of the government.