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 […]
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G.R. No. 144681 – 476 Phil. 596 – 432 SCRA 505 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Police Power; Public Welfare – Power to Regulate Professions In 1993, the Professional Regulation Commission established that recently passed physicians (Arlene De Guzman et al.), who were all graduates of Fatima College […]
G.R. No. 89572 – 259 Phil. 1016 – 180 SCRA 533 – Political Law – Powers of the State – Police Power – Requisites of Police Power – Lawful Subject and Lawful Method – State May Regulate Exercise of Professions Roberto Rey San Diego was a graduate of BS Zoology. […]
G.R. No. 143855 – 645 Phil. 269 – 631 SCRA 17 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Powers of the State – Police Power; Valid Exercise – Trade Protectionism In 2000, the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (R.A. No. 8762) was enacted. RA 8762 repealed the Retail Trade Nationalization Act […]
G.R. No. 176114 – 757 Phil. 599 – 755 SCRA 260 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Pardoning Power – Courts Cannot Limit the President’s Pardoning Power In 2001, Grace San Diego was sentenced to reclusion perpetua for qualified theft. […]
G.R. No. 231658 – 812 Phil. 179 – 822 Phil. 181 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Military Powers – Martial Law Powers – Martial Law in Mindanao – Judicial Review; Sufficiency of the Factual Basis In May 2017, the […]
G.R. No. 190259 – 666 Phil. 225 – 651 SCRA 228 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Calling Out Power – Commander-in-Chief Clause – State of Emergency – Judicial Review; Sufficiency of the Factual Basis On 23 November 2009, 57 […]
G.R. No. 159085 – 466 Phil. 482 – 421 SCRA 656 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Calling Out Power – Commander-in-Chief Clause – State of Rebellion – Judicial Review; Sufficiency of Factual Basis These are four consolidated cases. On […]
G.R. No. 147780 – 410 Phil. 78 – 357 SCRA 757 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Calling Out Power – Commander-in-Chief Clause – Judicial Review Limited to Sufficiency of Factual Basis These are four consolidated cases seeking to question […]
G.R. No. L-17169 – 118 Phil. 1468 – 9 SCRA 619 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Power of Control – Power to Remove; Inapplicability of the power to the civil service Isidro Ang-Angco was a customs officer appointed by the Secretary of Finance. In […]
G.R. No. 191002 – 629 Phil. 629 – 632 Phil. 657 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – The Appointing Power – Midnight Appointment; Exception: Appointment in the Supreme Court CJ Renato Puno was set to retire on 17 May 2010. PGMA’s term will end on […]
G.R. No. 119903 – 392 Phil. 536 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Presidential Immunity – Alter-Ego Doctrine – Immunity may not be invoked if there is grave abuse of discretion In 1989, Bienvenido Icasiano was appointed by the President as the Schools Division Superintendent […]
UDK No. 16838 – 902 Phil. 539 – Political Law -Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Presidential Immunity; Immunity is Inherent During the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the government sought to procure Sinovac Vaccines. Mayor Pedrito Nepomuceno filed a petition for mandamus to compel the President and other […]
P.E.T. Case No. 001 – 323 Phil. 665 – 253 SCRA 559 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Presidential Elections – Presidential Electoral Tribunal – Abandonment of Protest In the 1992 Presidential Elections, Miriam Defensor-Santiago ran against Fidel Ramos. Ramos won the election. Defensor-Santiago filed […]
G.R. No. 191988 – 643 Phil. 735 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Presidential Elections – Term of Office – Reelection Joseph Estrada won the 1998 presidential elections. He was pushed out of office in January 2001 (He resigned). In 2010, he filed his certificate […]
G.R. No. 88211 – 258 Phil. 479 – 177 SCRA 668 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Executive Power – Residual Power In 1989, Ferdinand Marcos and his family sought to return to the Philippines. The House of Representatives passed […]