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WorksheetsMidterm Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
True or False. Impeachment is a constitutional process that takes place within the political departments of our government.
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False
True or False. The impeachment provisions in the Constitution are self-executing.
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False
True or False. Under the Constitution, the sole disciplining authority of all impeachable officers, including Justices of this Court, is Congress.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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False
(a) 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.
(a) is the symbol of monument of the people's will.
The _____________ are the ultimate guardian of the Constitution.
Courts
Soldiers
Government
Schools
The (a) outlines the infrastructure of the government.
(a) is the isolated or piecemeal change in the Constitution.
(a) is the re-examination of provisions of the Constitution which will have over-all implications for the entire Constitution.
(a) through people's initiative shall not be oftener than once every 5 years.
(a) is the sovereign act of the people of approving the amendment or revision of the Constitution
Amendment or revision shall be valid when ratified by (a) of vote cast in a plebiscite held not earlier than 60 days nor later than 90 days after approval by Congress or constitutional convention.
True or False. The regular election cannot be held simultaneous holding of the plebiscite.
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False
True or False. Since it is a sovereign act of the people, question of the validity of the adoption of amendments to the Constitution are not subject to judicial review.
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False
True or False. The validity of the ratification and plebiscite are not subject to judicial review.
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False
True or False. The amending powers of the Congress is subject to judicial review.
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False
True or False. The provisions in the Bill of Rights cannot be invoked by parties independently.
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False
True or False. The provision that all citizens may be required under conditions provided by law to render personal military or civil service is a self-executing provision.
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False
True or False. The name of the country cannot be changed through amendment, it must be through a revision of the Constitution.
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False
True or False. The Congress may by law adopt a new national anthem.
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False
True or False. The State may not be sued without its (a) .
True or False. The Doctrine of State Immunity is the recognition of the sovereign character of the State.
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False
True or False. The Doctrine of State Immunity is based on practicality because the resources of the State must be used to public welfare instead of litigation.
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False
True or False. Diplomatic agents working in the Philippines are within the jurisdiction of local courts.
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False
True or False. Diplomatic immunity still extends even when the foreign agent is sued in his individual capacity for whatever damage he may have caused by his act done with malice or in bad faith or beyond the scope of his authority or jurisdiction.
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False
True or False. Diplomatic immunity applies to complaints filed against officials of the State for acts performed by them in the discharge of their duties within the scope of their authority.
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False
True or False. When the government enters into a contract, the State is not deemed to have divested itself of the mantle of sovereign immunity and descended to the level of the ordinary individual.
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False
True or False. Public funds cannot be garnished.
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False
A (a) is a government run by and for the people.
True or False. In a republican government, will is usually determined by the rule of the majority.
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False
True or False. A republican government is characterized by separation of powers.
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False
True or False. One of the manifestations of a republican government is the superiority of public officers.
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False
(a) is a community of person more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the great body of inhabitants render habitual obedience.
(a) is a community of persons sufficient in number and capable of maintaining the continued existence of the community and held together by a common bond of law.
True or False. Where there is a conflict between international law and municipal law, efforts should first be exerted to harmonize them.
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False
True or False. Treaties may be invalidated if they are in conflict with the constitution.
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False
True or False. The kind of war that is renounced by the Philippines is a defensive war and not an aggressive war.
True
False
True or False. In most countries, the rules of international law are given equal standing with, and are not superior to, national legislative enactments.
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False
True or False. By virtue of the state immunity, a State may take up all necessary action, including the use of armed force, to repel any threat to its security.
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False
True or False. The right to bear arms is a constitutional right.
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False
True or False. A citizen may be charged with and convicted for refusal to register for military training when required by the statute enacted by Congress.
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False
True or False. The right to bear arms does not create a vested right.
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False
True or False. The doctrine of separation of Church and State is aimed at avoiding encroachments by one against the other.
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False
True or False. The State may regulate the natural right and duty of parents to rear their children under its police power.
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False
True or False. Under the doctrine of separation of powers one department is able to act without the cooperation of at least one of the other departments.
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False
True or False. The purpose of the doctrine of separation of powers is intended to prevent a concentration of authority in one person or groups of persons.
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False
True or False. The doctrine of blending of powers states that powers are not confined exclusively within one department but are in fact assigned to and shared by several departments.
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False
