February 2012
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Anonymous asked: What if the impeachment court abuses its power and judges by caprice? Or, what if the Lower House, out of spite, brings to the impeachment court their private enemies? What remedy can we do?
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“[W]hile every public office in the government is a public trust, no position...”
– the Supreme Court, in the case of Magarang v. Judge Galdino B. Jardin Sr. (via mlq3)
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“Corona’s lawyers (and the law firms they belong to) obviously have pending cases...”
– Blogger Article VIII Jester; We Find Ways
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January 2012
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“This (Corona’s earning a Summa Cum Laude for his PhD in UST) is not to say...”
– Anonymous Graduate Student; On Unending Grace and Eternal Return: When Nietzsche and Deleuze Burst the Bubble of the UST Quadricentennial
December 2011
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UST ‘breaks rules’ for CJ Corona
In a special graduation ceremony in April 2011 at the historic Puerta Real, University of Santo Tomas (UST) conferred on Chief Justice Renato Corona a doctorate in civil law, summa cum laude.
He was one of six graduates to garner top honors during ceremonies intended to commemorate the university’s quadricentennial.
Kneeling before the UST rector and wearing a black robe and bright red cape,...
“In which branch of government would corruption have the most harmful effects on...”
– Philippine Human Development Report (2008/2009) via Shadow of Doubt. (via iwriteasiwrite)
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On Corona's Crown and His Claim of Being Democracy...
A friend of mine from law school feels alarmed that the articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Corona has passed the Lower House and effectively igniting the machinery of Impeachment next year. She feels that the dignity of the Judiciary is being assailed since apparently Corona ‘embodies the justice system in the land’ which I find curious. I find it curious because apparently...
(Self)Perception →
iwriteasiwrite:
I had an interesting conversation with a sociologist and a historian yesterday. In part we touched on the idea of self-assessed poverty, and how it intersected with Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness.
It is difficult to question when someone rates themselves as poor. But I think it is an important question to ask. By what standard of living can we self-differentiate...
