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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The Senate impeachment court deferred issuing a subpoena to former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, saying prosecutors should first present the AMLC witness or…
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The Senate impeachment court has denied prosecutors’ bid to compel Vice President Sara Duterte to authenticate subpoenaed bank, tax and business records tied…
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When the Senate impeachment court allows the threshold to fall to a smaller number, such as 14, it effectively changes the requirement written into the…
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Politics will always be a numbers game, but the rules for counting those numbers must not become another political weapon.
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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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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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To be honest, the administration is dead set on convicting the former Education Secretary, come hell or high water.
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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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