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Why usual dissenter Leonen leans toward Duterte in ICC pullout case
(UPDATED) It seems Leonen wants to practice judicial restraint, a long-standing debate on the Supreme Court that goes as far back to President Diosdado Macapagal
Supreme Court to hold oral arguments on same-sex marriage
The oral arguments will give marriage equality advocates their most-awaited day in court
SC sets new round of oral arguments on martial law
(3rd UPDATE) The oral arguments will be held on January 16 and 17

Duterte on martial law extension, Dela Rosa on Carpio, Ongpin case | Evening wRap
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HIGHLIGHTS: Justices grill Calida on operational loopholes of Oplan TokHang
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno questions the regularity of police raids during ungodly hours
Rappler Talk: Why are petitioners fighting the drug war at the Supreme Court?
'Because I believe it's right and somebody has to do it,' says FLAG's Diokno on why they filed a petition against the drug war before the High Court

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Martial law also aims to crush NPA, drug syndicates
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is confident the Supreme Court will uphold martial law when it rules on petitions to nullify the declaration on Tuesday July 4

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'No rebellion' in Marawi? Calida says critics 'detached from reality'
Solicitor General Jose Calida is confident the government will be able to justify the declaration of martial law in Mindanao during oral arguments at the Supreme Court

SC sets 3-day oral arguments on martial law
The oral arguments will be held on June 13 14 and 15

Notary public 'admitted' falsified affidavit in De Lima petitions – Velasco
Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr says the notary public admitted that the senator s affidavits were already signed before she and Senator Leila de Lima met

LIVE: Supreme Court oral arguments on De Lima vs Guerrero
Listen to the audio stream of the oral arguments on the petitions of detained Senator Leila de Lima

Maute group, oral arguments, Park | Evening wRap
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Ombudsman comment sought on De Lima case
Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay suggests that the High Court ask Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to submit her comment on the jurisdiction issue on the case of detained Senator Leila de Lima

De Lima's close-in cops did not see notary public in Crame – Calida
Affidavits executed by cops assigned to Senator Leila de Lima on February 24 and the detained lawmaker s notary public tell different stories

Sandigan might drown in cases if we rule for De Lima – SC justices
UPDATED Justice Francis Jardeleza advises Florin Hilbay his successor in the OSG to produce data to prove otherwise

Hilbay vs Calida, Pacquiao, Benham Rise | Evening wRap
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Leonen: De Lima relief from SC may set precedent
UPDATED Justice Marvic Leonen says there is a danger in setting a scary precedent of public officials involved in crimes running to the SC for remedy

Powerhouse team to argue for De Lima in SC orals
Who does Senator Leila de Lima have arguing for her in the Supreme Court? Veteran lawyers prosecutors and lawmakers

Marcos burial, Duterte, Chris Brown | 12PM wRap
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Dela Rosa, Marcos burial, Duterte | 6PM wRap
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SC told: Grace Poe as foundling ‘half the story’
Did the Supreme Court in oral arguments gloss over the presidential candidate’s renunciation of PH citizenship?

SolGen on Poe, Pacquiao, 2016 Grammys | 6PM wRap
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Clinton wins in Iowa, Sereno on Poe case, terrorism in Indonesia | 12PM wRap
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4 key issues that divide SC justices in Grace Poe case
The Supreme Court ponders its role as it weighs evidence on presidential candidate Grace Poe’s residency and citizenship
Not natural-born? Foundlings will be deprived of these rights...
UPDATED Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno lists the implications on foundlings if Grace Poe is disqualified based on her citizenship: Look this is the bill of prohibition against you nail it on a door

Sereno to Comelec: What proof do you want from Grace Poe?
Commissioner Arthur Lim says the presidential contender could have presented DNA test results baptismal records family photos to prove she is natural born

PH military hits Napeñas, Sereno on foundlings, Carlos Loyzaga | 6PM wRap
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‘Adoption laws presume foundlings Filipino citizens’ – Sereno
The chief justice takes the cudgels for foundlings

Sereno to Poe camp: Show possible implication of case on foundlings
UPDATED We have to be careful that we are not by a rigid reading of what we consider a failure to enumerate foundlings we are going to create unintended consequences says the Chief Justice

Chief Justice Sereno: We have rich domestic law on foundlings
UPDATED Senior Justice Antonio Carpio asks why Grace Poe s camp believes regional principles of international law bind the Philippines when the country does not want to follow many regional principles

Leonen: Shouldn't Grace Poe carry burden of proving citizenship?
For you to put your name for the public to choose you have the burden of [presenting] evidence correct? the Supreme Court justice asks Poe s counsel

SC oral arguments, Duterte vs Roxas, Pacquiao-Bradley 3 | 6PM wRap
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Supreme Court justices raise doubts on Poe’s residency
Defense of physical presence in the country appeared wobbly

Grace Poe attends first day of Supreme Court oral arguments on her disqualification
Senator Grace Poe says not afraid whatever the Supreme Court decision will be
Poe vs Comelec, Duterte-NPC meeting, Roach on Pacquiao | 6PM wRap
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Justice Leonen: Should SC let people decide first on Poe?
In discussing the rights of foundlings Associate Justice Marvic Leonen also says SC magistrates should be justices not just legalists

SC Justices: Did Poe use her US passport after Oct 2010?
Citing Poe s sworn statement before the US Vice Consul in 2011 2 Supreme Court Justices question why Poe said she used her US passport in her travels to and from the United States even after renouncing her US citizenship

Roxas: Re-election should not absolve officials of liability
If you committed anomalies you have to face the consequences says Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II referring to the Aguinaldo Doctrine the Binays are invoking

HIGHLIGHTS: Supreme Court oral arguments: Carpio-Morales vs Court of Appeals
The High Court holds oral arguments on a Court of Appeals order lifting the Ombudsman s suspension order against Makati Mayor Junjun Binay

VLOG: SC ends oral arguments on EDCA
Solicitor General Florin Hilbay concedes that the new deal does not guarantee that US will come to the aid of the Philippines in case of armed attack in the West Philippine Sea

VLOG: SC begins oral arguments on EDCA
Can EDCA stand as executive agreement? Or does it need Senate ratification?

Aquino honors EDCA mediators on eve of SC orals
The Supreme Court will hold on Tuesday November 18 oral arguments on the constitutionality of the military agreement between the Philippines and the United States

Two justices say DAP releases to senators not allowed
Justice Lucas Bersamin says the tenor of the Constitution is clear that the President s power to augment the budget is limited within the executive branch
HIGHLIGHTS: #DAPOrals Day 2
The Office of the Solicitor General will be arguing before the Supreme Court to defend the DAP Follow our live blog
SC urged: Gag Aquino, Cabinet on DAP
Former Iloilo Rep Augusto Syjuco Jr tells the Supreme Court that President Aquino s speech impacted on public opinion on DAP
Carpio: Use DAP for scholars, patients
Supreme Court Justice Carpio rejects the argument that scholars and poor patients will suffer if the SC does not lift the TRO on the PDAF
Sereno: Congress ‘like DPWH planning team’
Senior Justice Antonio Carpio tells the Solicitor General: Only two ways the PDAF can be abolished: for Congress to pass a law repealing it and for the Court to declare it unconstitutional