February 2012
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“Rule 5.04 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics say judges shall not accept a gift or...”
– Rene Saguisag, January 27, 2012
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“Equally important is the provision on the accountability of public officers....”
– Cecillia Muñoz-Palma, closing remarks as President of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, October 15, 1986
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January 2012
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“But the historian must attempt to reconstruct an era as it was for those who...”
– William Cleveland (via fearandwar)
Video of the Day: The Muppets Respond to Fox News,... →
Judy Berman, flavorwire.com
You may recall that, back in December, Fox News ran a hysterical — in both the “funny” and “histrionic” senses — segment about how The Muppets is preaching class warfare. Titled “Are Liberals Trying to Brainwash Your Kids…
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Bluejackal's Finds: Impeachment is supposed to be... →
bluejackal:
Impeachment is supposed to be more of a political procedure than a strictly judicial one. That is the reason the power to impeach is lodged in the political branches of government, rather than in the courts. If impeachment were intended to be judicial, then the Constitution would have assigned the…
The burden of proof shifts to the Defense →
from Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
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“Government without bureaucracy could operate successfully only if it was...”
– Martin Goodman, Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Some Readings as the Constitution turns 25 →
from Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
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“There is a wide distinction between facts and a conclusion from facts. It is...”
– Justice Johnson, in Braga v. Millora, 1904
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“As an administrative proceeding, the evidentiary bar against which the evidence...”
– Miro v. Dosono, G.R. No. 170697, April 30, 2010
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Mr. Chief Justice →
Profile of the Supreme Court and its Chief Justice, in The Philippines Free Press, 1939.
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“Public office is a public trust. A public servant must bear at all times the...”
– Filoteo v. Calago, A.M. No. P-04-1815 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 04-1885-P), October 18, 2007
The fate of Article II: “A threshold issue” →
from Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
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Jose P. Laurel's sponsorship speech on the Bill of...
MR. LAUREL. (Continuing.) Mr. President, I just want to say a few words, and I will be through.
The history of the world is the history of man and his arduous struggle for liberty. And the history of the Philippines is the history of the Filipinos and their gigantic struggle for emancipation. It is the history of those brave and noble souls who, in the ages that are past, have labored, fought and...
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“If we must choose between a strict and literal interpretation of the law and a...”
– Justice George A. Malcolm, Ysip vs. Municipal Council of Cabiao, 43 Phil. 251
The Second Article: Fishing Expedition or... →
from Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
“Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of...”
– -Henry Mackenzie
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The Nature of the Beast: Sui Generis →
This is my blog entry for today.
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“There is nothing sacred about processes or pleadings, their forms or contents....”
– Justice Moreland, in Alonso v. Villamor, 16 Phil. 315, 321-322 [1910]
