When the law is a matter of color
One cannot help noticing that an interpretation favored by one political camp is often championed by its legal allies, while another interpretation emerges…
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Constitution
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Liza: No Constitution is perfect
First Lady Liza Marcos reflects on her legal journey and Philconsa’s 65-year role in defending the Philippine Constitution, upholding the rule of law and…
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Who rewrote the scorecard?
In golf, the integrity of the game depends not only on penalties but on the confidence that the same rules apply to everybody.
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All rise for amici curiae (2)
No amount of erudition, mastery of law or high-sounding rhetoric could supplant what is within the ordinary man’s experience when, in a plebiscite held for the…
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Cow dung called‘pro hac vice’
If 16 votes can be reduced when the presiding coalition finds it inconvenient, then the same logic transfers cleanly to any other provision built on a fixed…
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Sweet sixteen
Now some senators, who are sworn to protect the Constitution, are the ones eroding the safeguards instituted by its framers.
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In this court, we too are tried
We all reserve the right to choose our sides. In Philippine politics, that has almost become instinct. But an impeachment trial demands more.
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America’s birthright citizenship has won the day
In voiding and declaring unconstitutional the Trump administration’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship to children of US citizens and legal…
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Luistro seeks lower Senate vote threshold for Sara conviction
The lead prosecutor in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte has argued that the constitutional two-thirds vote required for conviction…
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Carpio warns against VP case dismissal
Carpio argued that suspended Sen. Jinggoy Estrada should not be counted in determining the number of senator-judges qualified to vote.
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Lawyer rejects reduced impeachment vote count
He questioned the exclusion of senators who have already taken their oath as senator-judges, including Senators Dela Rosa and Estrada.
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When giants disagree: Legal certainty limits amid Senate impasse
A prompt ruling, even one that disappoints one side, at least provides a definitive framework within which institutions and citizens can move forward.
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Aveli-yes? Aveli-no!
Avelino may be the law of the case as far as the election of Cuenco as Senate President was concerned, but it established NO doctrine.
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Argument for Bato TRO
Hernando’s dissent threaded multiple needles, grounding everything in the supremacy of the Constitution over foreign or international processes.
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What if Sara resigns?
Impeachment is a class of its own, whose purpose is just to remove and not necessarily to punish.
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Ball is with the Court
Petitioners argued that unprogrammed appropriations had evolved into something far beyond their intended purpose.
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Toink! Term limits breed fools — ‘Boying’
‘That term limit is the real problem. For me, political dynasty is not the issue.’
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