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Senate impeachment court claims impartiality in amici curiae selection

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court has maintained that it was impartial in picking the four retired Supreme Court (SC) justices that would serve as legal advisers o...

5 Supreme Court justices vie to become next chief justice

The candidates include two of the most senior justices: Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen and Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa

Ex-SC justices: Changing voting base mid-trial is not due process violation

MANILA, Philippines – Reversing Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis “Chiz Escudero’s previous ruling that required 16 votes to convict Vice President Sara Duterte wi...

The Philippines: Recognition of Foreign Divorces and Recent Amendments to the Rules of Court

  This post is kindly prepared by Akifumi MOCHIZUKI, attorney at law at Atsumi Toshiyuki Law Office and a member of Private International Law Association of Japan   1. The Absence...

[Just Saying] Phantom judges in the impeachment court

Constitutional provisions must never be fragmented and parsed into isolated words and phrases, each assigned a standalone meaning detached from the whole

Judiciary vital in upholding justice and people’s well‑being, says Tengku Maimun

BANGI, Aug 29 — The Judiciary is a vital institution and a key pillar in upholding justice, safeguarding the well-...

Who are the retired justices tapped to advise impeachment court on voting threshold?

Four retired Supreme Court justices have been invited by the Senate impeachment court to share their views on issue of voting threshold

Supreme Court OKs petitions pushing Congress to pass anti-dynasty law

(1st UPDATE) SC spokesperson Camille Sue Mae Ting explains that Article II, Section 26, of the 1987 Constitution mandates the country's legislative bodies to pass a law that will p...

Philippine Senate lowers conviction threshold in Sara Duterte trial

P21,500 settlement ‘cut’ lands ex-fiscal in jail

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has found a former Taguig City senior assistant prosecutor guilty of three counts of violating the code of conduct and ethica...

Puno: Flawed exclusion of senator-judges could void entire trial

MANILA, Philippines  – Wrongfully preventing a senator-judge from taking part in an impeachment trial could expose the entire proceeding — including an eventual verdict — to Suprem...

‘Justice is hope’: Here are Leonen’s 9 promises as aspiring chief justice

'Whoever is appointed, this reality remains: our people still suffer.... On our watch, we cannot fail them. I will not fail them,' says Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen

Can impeachment court decisions be appealed to SC?

Former associate justice Azcuna says the Supreme Court may reverse the Senate's ruling on the conviction threshold, but retired chief justice Panganiban says the High Court should...

Why Ombudsman Remulla thinks it’s important for SC to reverse ‘main plunderer’ doctrine

Under the doctrine, the prosecution must name a 'main plunderer' and prove that the accused personally received or benefited from the stolen money. Remulla’s interpretation of that...

Rappler Recap: Race for next chief justice begins with Leonen, Caguioa

The Judicial and Bar Council interviews Marvic Leonen and Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa as part of its process of short listing nominees to replace retiring Chief Justice Alexander Gesm...

Philippine court issues arrest warrant for VP Duterte

SC petitions to impeachment vote rule a ‘litmus test’ — Adiong

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court challenges to the Senate impeachment court’s new voting rule will be a “litmus test” of how the Constitution’s accountability mechanism appl...

Appellate court justices, SolGen among candidates for next SC justice

This year, Marcos will pick his second Supreme Court justice appointee to replace retiring Associate Justice Amy Lazaro Javier

Corona precedent: Can constitutional provision hamper bid to summon Sara Duterte?

Months before then-chief justice Renato Corona voluntarily testified in his own trial in 2012, the impeachment court junked the prosecution's request to compel him to take the witn...

Sara Duterte trial: Prosecution navigates minefield after sub judice ruling

'That's a very eloquent way of issuing a gag order,' a constitutional lawyer tells Rappler

Judicial and Bar Council opens application for next Supreme Court chief justice

Marcos will get to pick the next chief justice after Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo's retirement in November

Sandiganbayan: Some flood control cases may be resolved within the year

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan on Thursday said some flood control cases could be decided within the year as the anti-graft court pushes for the speedy disposition of corr...

Part 1: New candidates in the running to be Marcos’ 2nd SC justice

This batch of new applicants is composed of big names, like COA chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba and Sandiganbayan chief Geraldine Faith Econg, among others

CJI says judiciary cannot earn public trust by shielding itself from scrutiny

“A court cannot seek the confidence of the public by placing itself beyond scrutiny; it must remain willing to be examined, questioned and, where necessary, criticised,” the Chief...