
02/06/2025
๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ: ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
In the inaugural full-length piece of the Philippine Law Journal Forum, Paolo Tamase writes about five emerging issues in impeachmentโMay the Senate proceed with Vice-President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial during its recess? May the proceedings cross over from the 19th to the 20th Congress? Would her resignation preclude the Senate from trying her for graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes? If trial pushes through, what standard of evidence should the Senate apply? And what is the extent of the power of the Supreme Court to resolve these issues?
The piece documents views of impeachment veterans in a forum organized by the College of Law, the Malcolm Foundation, and the Journal in February 2025, contextualized by research in Philippine impeachment practice, constitutional deliberations, and U.S. analogs. It ends with a proposed framework for using accountability as an ethos and canon for constitutional interpretation and applies it to the open questions on impeachment.
Read the full article at: https://philippinelawjournal.org/forum/post/emerging-issues-in-philippine-impeachment/
The PLJ Forum is the online platform of the Philippine Law Journal where academics, law practitioners, and students may submit timely, novel shorter-form works of general scholarly interest.