Prosec seeks'uniform' sub judice application
Lead public prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro urged the Senate impeachment court to apply the sub judice rule uniformly to the prosecution, defense,…
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Sixteen, or however many are left
This country does not suffer from a shortage of accusations against its officials — for plunder, unexplained wealth, bribery, and worse. It suffers from the…
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‘All members,’ deliberate
Any steps taken toward the American ‘present members’ standard as functionally erasing the difference the 1987 framers went out of their way to create would…
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Former justices: Presence needed
Retired chief justices challenge the Senate’s 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte, citing the Constitution’s two-thirds requirement.
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Defense eyes impeach witness link to Akbayan
Sara Duterte’s defense questioned retired Sandiganbayan Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang’s alleged bias as the impeachment court allowed her to testify on public…
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Numbers question
The fate of an impeachment case should be determined by the people who actually sat as judges, listened to the witnesses, reviewed the evidence and are legally…
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Sweet sixteen
Sara’s political opponents are doing this not really to serve the ends of justice but to potentially block her expected run for the presidency in 2028.
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Threading rigged path
If participation itself has been manipulated, then any interpretation of the threshold that counts only those senators able or willing to sit in judgment would…
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Sparks start flying over threshold row
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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Senate can’t usurp SC power
Escudero will commit a grave error if he subjects the question to a vote since the impeachment court cannot decide on whether it would follow the Constitution.
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16-vote rule takes legal test
The Senate impeachment court may tap three to five retired Supreme Court justices and constitutional experts as amici curiae to help resolve the disputed vote…
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Prosec, defense clash over Sara testimony
Prosecutors seek to reserve the right to call Vice President Sara Duterte to the witness stand in her impeachment trial, but her defense invokes her…
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Senate revisits 16-vote rule
Senate impeachment court sets 23 September to resolve whether the 16-vote threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte should be lowered amid absent…
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Impeach trial faces month-long pause
Escudero said the impeachment court is still trying to find at least one hearing date during that period, but acknowledged that no firm schedule has been set.
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House insists anew threshold review
Former lawmaker Robert Ace Barbers urges the Senate impeachment court to revisit the two-thirds vote requirement for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Impeach court bans gadgets for witnesses
‘The image is not part of the record and does not establish that he wore such a device or received outside assistance. The chair therefore makes no finding…
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