FACTS: Appellants Tranquilino Lagman and Primitivo de Sosa are charged with a violation of Sec. 60 of Commonwealth Act No. 1, known as the National Defense Law. It is alleged that these two appellants, being Filipinos and having reached the age of twenty years in 1936, willfully and unlawfully refused to register in the military… Read More People v. Lagman and Sosa 66 Phil 13 G.R. No. L-45892 July 13, 1938 Philippine Constitution, Principles and Policies

FACTS: Before the enactment of the K to 12 Law, the Philippines was the only country in Asia and among the three remaining countries in the world that had a 10-year basic education program. To be at par with international standards and in line with the country’s commitment in Education for All 2015, the Philippine… Read More CoTeSCUP v. Secretary of Education, G.R. 216930, October 2018 Enrolled Bill Doctrine, Political Question Doctrine, Expanded Definition of Judicial Power

FACTS: Respondent St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) is the owner of four (4) parcels of land measuring a total of 56,306.80 sqms. located in Marikina Heights, located within the property are St. Scholastica’s Academy-Marikina. The property is enclosed by a tall concrete perimeter fence built some thirty (30) years ago. Abutting the fence along the West… Read More Mayor Fernando v. St. Scholastica’s College, GR 16107, May 12, 2013 Police Power, Substantive Due Process, Local Government Code

FACTS: Petitioner Senator Blas Ople prays that Administrative Order No. 308 of the Office of the President, entitled “Adoption of a National Computerized Identification Reference System” be declared unconstitutional on two grounds, viz:  It is a usurpation of the power of Congress to legislate, and  It impermissibly intrudes on our citizenry’s protected zone of privacy.… Read More Ople v. Torres G.R. No. 127685 July 23, 1998 Executive Power and Legislative Power, Administrative Power of the Chief Executive

FACTS: Private respondent was elected President of the Republic of the Philippines in the general elections held on May 11, 1998. He sought the presidency again in the general elections held on May 10, 2010.  Petitioner Atty. Evillo C. Pormento opposed private respondent’s candidacy and filed a petition for disqualification. However, his petition was denied… Read More Pormento v. Estrada G.R. No. 191988 August 31, 2010 Executive Branch, Judicial Power, Moot and Academic Case

FACTS: At the dawn of his administration, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, on July 30, 2010, signed Executive Order No. 1 establishing the Philippine Truth Commission of 2010 (Truth Commission). Petitioner Louis Biraogo, in his capacity as a citizen and taxpayer, assails EO No. 1 for being violative of the legislative power of Congress under… Read More Biraogo v. Philippine Truth Commission G.R. No. 192935 December 7, 2010 Executive Department

FACTS: In his affidavit-complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, respondent Napoleon A. Abiera of the Public Attorney’s Office alleged that petitioner Bonifacio Sanz Maceda, Presiding Judge of Branch 12 RTC Antique, had falsified his Certificate of Service dated February 6, 1989, by certifying “that all civil and criminal cases which have been submitted… Read More MACEDA v. VASQUEZ, ET AL. GR No. 102781 April 22, 1993 Supreme Court Administrative Supervision over all courts and court personnel

FACTS: Petitioners are successful applicants for recognition of Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225 which accords to such applicants the right of suffrage, among others.  Petitioners sought registration and certification as “overseas absentee voter” but were advised by the Philippine Embassy in the United States that, per a COMELEC letter to the DFA dated September 23,… Read More Nicolas-Lewis v. COMELEC G.R. No. 162759 August 4, 2006 Suffrage, Dual Citizenship, R.A. 9225, R.A. 9189

FACTS: Petitioner is a sectoral organization that represents the interests of peasant farmers and fisherfolks, and was registered under the party-list system.  It participated in the May 2010 elections, but failed to obtain the number of votes needed for a seat in the House of Representatives. On May 31, 2012, ABANG LINGKOD manifested before the… Read More ABANG LINGKOD v. COMELEC G.R. No. 206952 October 22, 2013 Party-list System