G.R. No. 221318 – 775 Phil. 523 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Suffrage – Police Power – Regulation – Registration is not a Voter’s Qualification Requirement In 2013, R.A. No. 10367 or An Act Providing for Mandatory Biometrics Voter Registration was enacted. The law provides that new and […]
Election Law
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G.R. No. 189868 – 623 Phil. 159 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Suffrage – Period of Voter’s Registration Cannot be Shortened The first automated elections was to be held on 10 May 2010. To prepare for the elections, the COMELEC fixed the last day of voter registration to […]
G.R. No. 195649 – 709 Phil. 408 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – General Principles – Elements of a State – People – Citizens – How citizenship is lost Election Law – Second Placer Doctrine – Invalid COC produces no effect Rommel Arnado is a natural-born Filipino. Later, he […]
G.R. No. 105111 – G.R. No. 105384 – 257 Phil. 1 – 211 SCRA 297 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Election Laws – Labo Doctrine; Second Placer Does Not Win the Election in the Event the First Placer is Disqualified After being disqualified in the previous […]
G.R. No. 210164 – 767 Phil. 51 – Political Law – Election Law – Republic Act No. 9225 – Qualifications of Local Elective Candidates – Citizenship Requirements – Dual Allegiance Remedial Law – Evidence – Formal Offer of Evidence – Evidence not Offered Rommel Arnado was a natural-born Filipino. Later, […]
G.R. No. 147387; G.R. No. 152161 – 463 Phil. 179 – 417 SCRA 503 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – How a Bill Becomes a Law – Bicameral Conference Committee – Enrolled Bill Doctrine Equal Protection Clause – Valid Classification Election Law – Appointive Officials […]
G.R. No. 157013 – 453 Phil. 586 – Political Law – Election Laws – Absentee Voters Act – Proclamation of Winners in a National Elections Romulo Macalintal, as a lawyer and a taxpayer, questions the validity of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (R.A. 9189). He questions the validity […]
G.R. No. 147066; G.R. No. 147179 – 407 Phil. 618 – Political Law – Election Law – Right of Suffrage – Extension of Voters Registration On January 25, 2001, AKBAYAN-Youth, together with other youth movements sought the extension of the registration of voters for the May 2001 elections. The voters […]
G.R. No. 86564 – 257 Phil. 1 – 176 SCRA 1 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Election Laws – Citizenship of a Public Officer – Dual Citizenship – Labo Doctrine In 1988, Ramon Labo, Jr. was elected as mayor of Baguio City. His rival, Luis Lardizabal, […]
G.R. No. 125249 – 335 Phil. 462 – 267 SCRA 806 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Election Law; Election Protest Survives the Death of a Party – Public Office is Not Transmissible to Incumbent’s Heir In 1995, Jimmy De Castro was proclaimed as the mayor of […]
G.R. No. 112283 – 236 SCRA 60 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Public Office is Personal to the Incumbent Election Law – Claim for damages in an election case does not survive the death of the party claiming damages In 1992, Rosauro Radovan was declared the […]
G.R. No. 78461; G.R. No. 79146; G.R. No. 79212 – 153 SCRA 67 – Political Law – The Legislative Department – Electoral Tribunals – Jurisdiction – Pre-proclamation Controversy Election Law – Pre-proclamation Controversy; Definition After the first senatorial elections under the 1987 Constitution, Augusto Sanchez, a candidate therein, petitioned the Commission […]
G.R. No. 158466 – 432 SCRA 144 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Labo Doctrine; Second Placer Cannot Be Declared the Winner Political Law – Constitutional Law – Election Law – Labo Doctrine; Second Placer Cannot Be Declared the Winner In May 2001, Mario Crespo, also known as […]
G.R. No. L-34854 – 86 SCRA 413 – Political Law – Basic Principles – Elements of a State – Government – Inviolability of the Separation of Church and State Political Law – Election Law / Law on Public Officers – May a priest run for public office? In 1971, Fr. […]
G.R. No. L-52245 – 180 Phil. 369 – 95 SCRA 392 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Eligibility to Office after Being 65Judicial Review; Requisites thereof Patricio Dumlao was the former governor of Nueva Vizcaya. He has already retired from his office and he has been […]