SC spokesman Theodore Te said the Supreme Court found Sereno "is disqualified from and is hereby adjudged guilty of unlawfully holding and exercising the office of the Chief Justice." "Accordingly, respondent (Sereno) is ousted and excluded therefrom. The position of the Chief Justice is declared...
Is the Philippine Supreme Court independent from the Executive branch? Using data from Haynie et al.'s ( High courts judicial database version 1.2 , 2007) High Courts Judicial Database, I compare how each of the ten Chief Justices from 1970 to 2003 decides cases involving the national ...
Section 9.That the Supreme Court and the Courts of First Instance of the Philippine Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction as heretofore provided and such additional jurisdiction as shall hereafter be prescribed by the Government of said Islands, subject to the power of said Government to c...
Bureaus of the Government in the Philippine Islands as far as is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and shall be commander in chief of all locally created armed forces and militia. He is hereby vested with the exclusive power to grant pardons and reprieves and remit fines and...
Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall hereafter be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive the compensation heretofore prescribed by the Commission until otherwise provided by Congress. The judges of the Court of ...