(5) Appointees to the judiciary are now nominated by the Judicial and Bar Council and no longer subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.
(6) The Supreme Court now has administrative supervision over all lower courts and their personnel.
(7) The Supreme Court has exclusive power to discipline judges of lower courts.
(8) The members of the Supreme Court and all lower courts have security of tenure, which cannot be undermined by a law reorganizing the judiciary.