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The court could create a certified incident record for submission to the Office of the Bar Confidant, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and the Supreme…
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The trial concentrates the roles of accuser, prosecutor and judge in one branch at once, and the Constitution answered with an internal check: no faction,…
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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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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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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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Over time, not only has the political ecosystem changed but more so the legal architecture — where a mere bureau has risen way above the line department it…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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