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Leonen mourns Aquino's passing: He carried his title with dignity, integrity

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Posted at Jun 24 10:18 AM

Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on Thursday paid tribute to President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, following confirmation of his death this morning. Read more »

Removing Leonen would be a setback for the Supreme Court, says lawmaker

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Posted at May 28 11:07 AM

The move to impeach Associate Justice Marvic Leonen would have been a setback for the Supreme Court if it had been successful, a lawmaker said Friday.   Read more »

House panel junks impeachment complaint vs Leonen

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Posted at May 27 10:56 PM

Philippine lawmakers in the House Justice Committee quickly disposed of an impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. Read more »

House justice panel junks impeachment raps vs SC's Leonen

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 12:10 AM

MANILA (3RD UPDATE)— The House Committee on Justice on Thursday unanimously dismissed the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen due to the complainant's lack of personal knowledge on the basis of his filing. Read more »

CHED's De Vera confirms OSG request for Leonen SALN from UP

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Posted at May 24 10:00 PM

Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera confirmed Monday that the Office of the Solicitor General asked the University of the Philippines' top policy-making body for a copy of Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen's Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. Read more »

Weaponized SALNs vs justices? Former SC justice says 'just file SALNs or don't join gov't'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:22 PM

Amid concerns that statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) are now being weaponized to go after Supreme Court justices, the filing of SALNs is a constitutional requirement every public official must comply with, a retired magistrate said Monday.   Read more »

Ex-justice Jardeleza: Why should a Supreme Court justice be above the law?

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Posted at May 24 12:48 PM

Retired magistrate Francis Jardeleza said this Monday following reports that a House panel would tackle this week the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen for the latter's supposed failure to file his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). Read more »

SolGen asked UP for Leonen's SALN before impeach raps filing- report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 09:51 PM

In a report on Friday, UP Diliman's student publication said the university Board of Regents' "badly redacted" minutes revealed the development, a copy of which was published on the UP Gazette dated Nov. 26 last year.  Read more »

House panel to tackle Leonen impeachment on May 27

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 05:57 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives justice committee will hold its first round of deliberations on the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on May 27, the chamber said Thursday.  Read more »

House lawmakers refer impeachment raps vs Leonen to Justice panel

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 09:58 PM

House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez said in a statement that the referral now shifts the focus of the impeachment process to the Justice panel.  Read more »

House Speaker says handling of impeachment complaint vs Leonen will be 'fair'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 09:09 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the impeachment rap against the magistrate was already handed to the House rules panel, which will then refer it to the plenary, to be assigned to the Justice committee. Read more »

How ‘red-tagging’ became front and center, as SC oral arguments on Anti-Terrorism Act draw to a close

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 06:35 AM

“Red-tagging” has become front and center of magistrates’ interpellations of representatives of the Office of the Solicitor General defending the law. Read more »

Bongbong asks PET to reconsider ruling junking election protest vs VP Robredo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 02:23 PM

MANILA - Defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is not throwing in the towel just yet.    Read more »

HRET junks poll protest vs Kabataan party-list solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 03:55 PM

The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has dismissed the electoral protest filed against Kabataan Party List Rep. Sarah Elago, in connection with the results of the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

How PET unanimously junked Marcos’ election protest vs Robredo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 05:33 AM

The release of the PET ruling came 2 months since the historic decision in February, which settled once and for all questions over the legitimacy of Robredo’s ascent to the vice presidency. Read more »

Technical glitches mar livestream of Gesmundo’s oathtaking as new Chief Justice

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 07:06 PM

Supreme Court Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo officially took his oath on Monday as the 27th chief justice of the high court, in a ceremony that highlighted the need to improve the judiciary’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Read more »

Only 3 justices - Bernabe, Gesmundo, and Hernando - are in the running for chief justice

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 05:49 PM

Only 3 justices from the Supreme Court are in the running to replace Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta when he retires on March 27, according to the Supreme Court Public Information Office and Judicial and Bar Council member Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.   Read more »

Supreme Court allows legitimate child to use mother’s surname

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 11:50 PM

A legitimate child can now choose to use the surname of either parents as last name, the Supreme Court ruled, recognizing “the fundamental equality of women and men before the law” and invoking the State's duty to "dismantle" patriarchy.  Read more »

Deadline for CJ post application extended; 5 most senior justices accept nomination

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 01:22 AM

The Judicial and Bar Council set the new deadline for application for the country's Chief Justice post on Feb 26. All 5 senior Supreme Court magistrates, meanwhile, accept their nomination. Read more »

‘Presidents are not untouchable’: Leonen hits SC ruling on De Lima plea vs Duterte’s tirades

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 08:24 PM

Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has called out what he views as “double standard” in the high court’s denial of Senator Leila De Lima’s bid to seek protection against tirades from President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »