To constitute a violation of the law, it suffices that an appointment is extended or issued in favor of a relative within the third civil degree of consanguinity or affinity of the chief of the bureau or office, or the person exercising immediate supervision over the appointee.
Facts:
In 1995, George P. Suan, Citizens Crime Watch Vice-President,
Allen...
People vs. Sola
The primordial aim and intent of the Constitution must ever be kept in mind. In case of doubt, it should be resolved in favor of a change of venue.
The prosecution must be given an opportunity to present, within a reasonable time, all the evidence that it may desire to introduce before the court should resolve the motion for bail.
Facts:
CFI...
Constitutional Safeguards to Insure Independence of the Judiciary
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Judicial Department
The following are the constitutional
safeguards to maintain judicial independence:
1) The Supreme
Court is a constitutional body and cannot be abolished by mere legislation.
2) The members of
the Supreme Court cannot be removed except by impeachment.
3) The Supreme
Court cannot be deprived of its minimum jurisdiction prescribed in Section...
Appointment to the Judiciary
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Judicial Department
Sections 7, Article VIII, 1987 Constitution
1. No person shall be appointed Member of the Supreme Court or any
lower collegiate court unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines.
A Member of the Supreme Court must be at least forty years of age, and must
have been for fifteen years or more, a judge of a...
Judicial and Bar Council
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JBC
,
Judicial Department
Section 8, 1987 Phil. Constitution
1. A Judicial and Bar Council is hereby created under the supervision
of the Supreme Court composed of the Chief Justice as ex officio Chairman, the
Secretary of Justice, and a representative of the Congress as ex officio Members,
a representative of the Integrated Bar, a professor of...
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