For the second time, I chanced upon the show of MLQ3 at ANC, The Explainer. He and his guest (DJB - Philippine Commentary) were explaining the art and science of surveys. The first time I watched the show was during its pilot episode, which also featured DJB, discussing the Church and the State.
Anyway, in relation […]
Tag Archive for 'constitution'
Church and State: the Religious Clauses in the Philippine Constitution
Published by November 24th, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 2 CommentsArrests and the Miranda Rights
Published by November 13th, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law and Criminal Law. 0 CommentsYou always see it on TV and the movies. The police, after cornering the suspect, bellows out: “Freeze a**hole! You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.” This lump of rights, plus the right to counsel and sans the “freeze”, is […]
Boy Scouts: Homosexuality and the right of Expression
Published by November 11th, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 0 CommentsGay groups had been, and still is, complaining about gay discrimination in our country. This is a sensitive matter, specially if we consider admission of gays into traditional institutions like the military, the church and the boy scouts (Boy Scout of the Philippines). Let’s focus on the boys scouts, primarily because there’s already a decided […]
Senate of the Philippines vs. House of Representatives
Published by October 31st, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 0 CommentsNow that the Supreme Court has dismissed the petition of Lambino et.al., it is expected that the same petitioners through the President’s allies in the Lower House would finally resort next to the other mode in the amendatory process, i.e. proposal by the Congress, upon a vote of three-fourths of all its members (Sec. 1, […]
Lambino, et al. vs. COMELEC (G.R. No. 174153, 25 October 2006) - Digest
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law and Digests. 1 CommentOn 15 February 2006, the group of Raul Lambino and Erico Aumentado (“Lambino Group”) commenced gathering signatures for an initiative petition to change the 1987 Constitution. On 25 August 2006, the Lambino Group filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to hold a plebiscite that will ratify their initiative petition under Section […]
The Office of the Ombudsman, mandated as Protector of the People
Published by October 3rd, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 0 CommentsToday, 2 October 2006, the Ombudsman absolved all respondents involved in the Mega Pacific controversy of all administrative and criminal liabilities. To recall, the Supreme Court threatened to cite the Ombudsman in contempt for its delay in determining the criminal liability, if any, of the public officials (COMELEC) involved in the bungled automation of the […]
Philippine Constitution (1987)
Published by September 30th, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. ClosedPreamble
Article I. National Territory
Article II. Declaration of Principles and State Policies
Article III. Bill of Rights
Article IV. Citizenship
Article V. Suffrage
Article VI. The Legislative Department
Article VII. The Executive Department
Article VIII. The Judicial Department
Article IX. Constitutional Commissions
Article X. Local Government
Article XI. Accountability of Public Officers
Article XII. National Economy and Patrimony
Article XIII. Social Justice and Human Rights
Article XIV. […]
Habeas corpus
Published by September 14th, 2006 in Litigation and Labor Law and Elections and Constitutional Law. 3 CommentsWrit of habeas corpus.
The Presidential Commission on Good Goverment (PCGG) yesterday filed a petition for habeas corpus to compel the Senate to present Camilo Sabio, PCGG Chairman, before the Supreme Court and to justify his arrest and detention that was ordered by the Senate in connection with its on-going inquiry in aid of legislation. You […]
People’s Initiative: No sufficient enabling law to amend the Constitution
Published by July 22nd, 2006 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 2 CommentsThe recent effort to amend the Constitution through people’s initiative met the same fate as the previous ones. As early as 1997, in the case of Defensor-Santiago vs. COMELEC (G.R. No. 127325, 19 March 1997), the Supreme Court already decided, although with vigorous dissenting opinions, that the law intended to provide the mechanism for people’s […]
