Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr. - Email lcmlaw@gmail.com

"Locus Standi. "The gist of the question of standing is whether a party alleges such personal stake in the outcome of the controv...

"Matters of Policy: the Political Question Doctrine. The "limitation on the power of judicial review to actual cases and controve...

"Even on the assumption of mootness, jurisprudence, nevertheless, dictates that "the moot and academic‘ principle is not a magica...

"Existence of an Actual Case or Controversy. By constitutional fiat, judicial power operates only when there is an actual case or cont...

"The prevailing rule in constitutional litigation is that no question involving the constitutionality or validity of a law or governme...

"Controversies in the Philippines. Over the decades, "pork" funds in the Philippines have increased tremendously,89 owing in...

"Pork Barrel: General Concept. "Pork Barrel" is political parlance of American -English origin.3 Historically, its usage may...

"xxx. Section 4, Rule 36 of the Rules of Court regarding several judgments provides as follows: “SECTION 4. Several judgments. – In an...

"xxx. Under Article 266-B of the RPC, death penalty shall be imposed in a crime of rape through sexual intercourse: 1. When the victim...

"xxx. After establishing that the medico-legal report shall be given weight and credence, Dr. Madrid's testimony that she is famil...

From NengQHip, @NengHip, on Twitter, quoting the arguments of TNTrio, represented by Ret. BGen. ELISE RIO, Jr., former NTC & DICT Exec....

"xxx. May an indorser of a check be held criminally liable for estafa or for the violation of the Bouncing Checks Law (B.P. Blg. 22) i...

"xxx. Fully conscious that we are resolving a most extreme case in a sense, which on first impression is a shock to one's sensibil...

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10154 AN ACT REQUIRING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE EARLY RELEASE OF THE RETIREMENT PAY, PENSIONS, GRAT...

"xxx. The new Rule on Summary Procedure (RSP), incorporated as Rule III in the Rules on Expedited Procedures in the First Level Courts...

NETIZENS are asking why the PDEA did not compel the son of Justice Secretary Remulla to undergo MANDATORY DRUG TESTING upon his arrest. His...

On the matter of RANDOM AND SUSPICIONLESS MANDATORY DRUG TESTING, Paragraph (f) of Section 36 of REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, June 7, 2002, kno...

THE essence of "CAESARS WIFE" DOCTRINE, by analogy, should apply to REMULLA. For him to RESIGN, not only inhibit himself, would b...

"xxx. Secondly, the petitioners raise the question of res judicata and/or mootness of the present petition brought about by the Court ...