My Unhappy Citizens Demand Action!!!! [Bug][Beta 6 Patch 2]

Last I checked the approval relic bonuses kicked in after everything else.  Something like (Base Morale + all building and trait bonuses - empire penalty) * (1 + morale relic).  This meant that if your net morale was 10%, a morale relic would add +10% and raise it from 10% to 11%.  

Not exactly what Stardock had in mind, I think.

I've never even seen Approval relics listed in the planetary approval tooltip.

They are not listed, but you can see their effects.