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Tag: Constitution

So, what is the law on martial law?

Dean Tony La Viña is right. It is easier to say what martial law is not—since the Constitution goes to considerable length at saying...

Marcial Lo

Earlier this week I finally took possession of a LandBank cash card that lets me draw upon an account into which was earlier deposited...

Statement of the Philippine Bar Association on the imposition of martial law in Mindanao 24 May 2017

The Philippine Bar Association, the oldest voluntary organization of lawyers in the Philippines, denounces the senseless violence instigated by terrorist groups in Marawi City...

Right thing to do, says Congress

CONGRESS may extend the proclamation or suspension of martial law for a determined period of time if the rebellion shall persist and public safety...

The awesome power to pardon

I was disappointed then when I heard it reported that the President had encouraged the police officers accused in the murder of a detained...

What warrants impeachment?

When the Revised Penal Code defines a crime, it enumerates the elements that a judge must find to be able to rule that the...

The ground norm and the Constitution

It is rather common to refer to the Constitution as “the fundamental law”­—and it is, when one is stating the relation it has to...

Charter no bar to martial law order

THE government’s top lawyer said Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte can declare martial law even outside the parameters of the Constitution and even without...

Legal experts to join Senate ‘chacha’ debates next week

The Senate will invite legal luminaries as resource persons when it begins the discussions on the proposed charter change next week. Senate Committee on Constitutional...

Will he or won’t he?

Aside from speculation about the fate of Senator Leila de Lima after the testimonies linking her to drug money, there are now questions about...

The surreal world of Edcel Lagman

Under the 1935 Constitution, the two houses of Congress, voting separately, may propose amendments to the Charter.  The 1973 Constitution had no provision requiring...

Hasten Cha-Cha, Congress urged

CONGRESS was urged to hasten the convening of a Constituent Assembly to propose amendments to the Constitution that would clear the way to federalism,...

Capital punishment

Buhay Party-List Rep. Lito Atienza has a startling suggestion to congressmen who want to tinker with the Constitution and restore the death penalty. He...

Barbers, Pichay almost figured in a fistfight

Two members of the House of Representatives almost figured in a fistfight. This was during the hearing of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments on...
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