High Court dismisses threshold challenge
The Supreme Court dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s revised voting threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte,…
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The Supreme Court dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s revised voting threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte,…
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Lawyer Israelito Torreon is preparing a Supreme Court petition challenging the Senate impeachment court’s decision to lower the conviction threshold in Vice…
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The Senate impeachment court voted to lower the conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial from 16 to 14 votes by counting only senator-judges…
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Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team challenged the Senate impeachment court’s reconsideration of the conviction threshold, warning that changing the…
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The two-thirds vote requirement is not just a procedural technicality; it is a constitutional principle meant to ensure that any conviction reflects…
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Rep. Paolo Duterte said the Supreme Court should ultimately settle the dispute over how the two-thirds conviction threshold should be computed in Vice…
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Sen. Mark Villar broke with the minority bloc to support overturning the fixed 16-vote threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, as six…
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If the Senate ultimately rejects the fixed 16-vote rule, a trip to the Supreme Court seems almost inevitable.
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The oral arguments will center on the disputed 16-vote threshold for conviction in Duterte’s impeachment trial.
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You removed two no votes and somehow yes became harder? So now maybe conviction should need only 14 yesses instead of 16.
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Debates over the Senate impeachment court’s conviction threshold have intensified as Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp argues that the voting requirement…
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