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Trump Supreme Court nominee rejects sexual assault accusations

Richard Cowan and Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 08:04 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no signs of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation. Read more »

SolGen files comment on Trillanes amnesty case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 03:36 PM

MANILA - (UPDATED) The Office of the Solicitor General urged the Supreme Court on Monday to make permanent its denial of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's plea to halt the nullification of his amnesty.  Read more »

Supreme Court affirms Imelda Marcos' dollar salting acquittal

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 08:40 PM

The Supreme Court said it found no grave abuse of discretion or error in the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling. Read more »

Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI investigation before she will testify

Lawrence Hurley and Eric Beech, Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 01:35 PM

WASHINGTON - A woman who has accused President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault decades ago wants her allegations to be investigated by the FBI before she appears at a U.S. Senate hearing, her lawyers said on Tuesday. Read more »

Lower court judges to get pay hike

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 04:55 AM

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the implementation of salary increase for first level court judges nationwide. Read more »

SC junks BIR bid to collect P3 billion from Shell, Petron

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:56 AM

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has thumbed down a petition filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that seeks to collect around P3 billion in alleged tax liabilities from oil giants Pilipinas Shell Corp. and Petron Corp.    Read more »

SC Justice Jose Reyes to handle House minority leadership row petition

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 07:21 PM

The petition challenging the minority leadership of Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez has been raffled to most senior Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jose Reyes, Jr.  Read more »

Trump defends Supreme Court pick after sex assault allegation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 08:36 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump stood firmly by his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh Monday after allegations that the conservative judge sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers threatened to derail the nomination process. Read more »

Professor speaks out about 'sexual assault' by Trump Supreme Court pick

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 08:08 AM

WASHINGTON - A college professor went public for the first time Sunday to accuse President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, prompting calls by opposition Democrats to postpone the nomination vote. Read more »

CJ De Castro orders judges to suspend work if needed

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 09:24 AM

MANILA - Supreme Court Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro on Friday instructed executive judges to suspend work in their respective courts if they think that their area will be affected by Typhoon Ompong. Read more »

Supreme Court: 10-centavo levy on oil, petroleum tankers constitutional

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:45 AM

The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the constitutionality of the establishment of an Oil Pollution Management Fund (OMPF) that shall be mainly sourced from imposing a levy of 10-centavos per liter for every delivery or transshipment of oil by tanker barges and tanker haulers to the Philippines.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Ano ang ex-parte motion, alias warrant of arrest?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 01:16 AM

Ano ang ex parte motion, at ang alias arrest warrant na hinihingi ng Department of Justice kontra kay Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV? Read more »

Makati court orders transfer of ex-NBI official tagged in mega shabu lab case

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 07:19 PM

The transfer order was in light of the Supreme Court’s grant of the Department of Justice’s request. Read more »

Lawmakers ask SC to recognize De Vera as minority leader

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 06:54 PM

Minority lawmakers have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the lower chamber to recognize ABS party-list Rep. Eugene de Vera as the duly lawful minority leader and recognize a new “duly constituted” minority bloc.  Read more »

Arroyo influenced junking of impeachment raps vs SC justices, lawmaker says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 10:45 PM

An opposition lawmaker believes the House justice committee was influenced by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to dismiss the impeachment complaint against the chief justice and six other Supreme Court justices. Read more »

Justice chief backs SC decision vs Trillanes plea for preliminary injunction

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 02:30 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday said he is "very happy" that the Supreme Court refused to issue a temporary restraining order against an executive proclamation that voided the amnesty granted to opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

SC pinaubaya sa Makati RTC ang pagdedesisyon sa Trillanes amnesty

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 08:45 PM

Bigong makakuha ng temporary restraining order (TRO) sa Supreme Court (SC) ang kampo ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV kaugnay sa petisyon niya laban sa proklamasyong nagpapawalangbisa sa kaniyang amnestiya. Read more »

SC denies Trillanes plea for preliminary injunction

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 02:29 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's petition for an injunction against the withdrawal of his amnesty over 2 failed uprisings, a spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

'Insufficient in substance': House halts impeachment raps vs De Castro, 6 justices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:04 PM

The impeachment case against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro and 6 other justices is insufficient in substance, the House Justice Committee ruled on Tuesday. Read more »

Supreme Court to tackle Trillanes petition vs amnesty nullification

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 06:34 PM

The worst case scenario for the senator is an outright dismissal of his petition in light of pending legal proceedings against him before two salas at the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) in connection with the two uprisings. Read more »