Awards and recognitions
THE SHRINKING GODS OF PADRE FAURA
Two chief justices were removed in the last decade, and impeachment complaints and quo warranto petitions have become frequent. No longer is the Supreme Court the untouchable…
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
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IV. REFORMING THE JBC
“The question is whether the JBC has satisfactorily or merely perfunctorily performed its constitutional duty….”
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
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V. THE OTHER BATTLE: BACKLOG
“Fix your house and put it in order to shield very brilliant justices of the Supreme Court from this problem.”
By Stanley Buenafe Gajete·April 30, 2021
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III. DUTERTE’S WINNING STREAK
“I haven’t seen an appointee of President Duterte vote against him, whereas every president before him had a problem with the court.”
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
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VI. CONCLUSION: DIMINISHED COURT
“The public perception that they are beyond reproach has eroded through the years. It’s now so easy to file an impeachment complaint.”
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
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II. DEFERENCE AND LOYALTY TO PRESIDENTS
“The new, post-Marcos, Constitution was primarily supposed to have been designed in order to limit Presidential powers, but in transferring more power to other branches of…
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
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THE SHRINKING GODS OF PADRE FAURA
Two chief justices were removed in the last decade, and impeachment complaints and quo warranto petitions have become frequent. No longer is the Supreme Court the untouchable…
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021