Tweet Introduction I am sharing a timeline I have compiled of key events and accompanying literature on the North Borneo (Sabah) issue. This timeline is being shared for academic and media research purposes. It is not being published as an official statement of policy in any shape or form, nor …
Tweet (Francisco Goya, The Inquisition Tribunal, circa 1812-1819) Judiciary performs a divine function where ordinary humans decide the fate of others. When this divine function of deciding the fate of others is bestowed in a Judge, we expect him to perform it with the highest standards of scholarship and utmost …
Tweet ‘I know what you’re thinking about,’ said Tweedledum; ‘but it isn’t so, nohow.’ ‘Contrariwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ ‘I was thinking,’ Alice said politely, ‘which is the best …
Tweet (Siege of Minas Tirith, by Stephen Hickman) The 14th of the Thirty-Six Strategies, is the second Stratagem for Attack: Borrow a Corpse to Raise the Spirit. By confusing common sense with legal technicalities (the institution of law), the Defense seems to have found a new avenue of attack. The …
Tweet (image by Isaro69) Starting with today’s Senate impeachment hearing, we have come to the most shocking case of how Renato C. Corona held loyalty to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo above all other considerations. The case of how he aided, and abetted, Mrs. Arroyo’s attempt to make her Great Escape. And how, …
Tweet “Sometime’s you’ve got to back up, to go forward.” One senses mounting fear on the part of the Defense with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima scheduled to testify today. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, the first of the Stratagems for Gaining Ground is Replace The Beams With Rotten Timbers. I …
In contrast to these attempts to spice up the story, less and less room is left to Stay with the facts , as Marites Dañguilan-Vitug suggests: This week, some of the senators spent an inordinate amount of time determining the provenance of the leaked Philippine Savings Bank document which showed account numbers of Corona. … Columnist (and lawyer) Joseph Gonzales wrote on February 12 , It’s a bit strange to see the Chief Justice running to his colleagues at the Supreme Court, asking them to restrain the Senate from further proceeding with the impeachment case against him.
Tweet The 33rd of the Thirty-Six Strategies, is a Stratagem for Desperate Situations: The Strategy of Sowing Discord. The situation thus far, was, as the ancients might put, not propitious. While blogger The Nutbox viewed the Senate President’s decision on the Supreme Court TRO with unease, Lawyer Ted Te says …
Tweet (Digital painting, “Siege warfare,” by Linchen) After Sunday’s use of the last of the Thirty Six Stratagems, If All Else Fails Retreat, yesterday was about the use of a stratagem for Confrontation: Sacrifice the Plum Tree In Place of the Peach, where the defense took a temporary beating from …
Tweet (Photo from Classical Iconoclast.) So is it Twilight of the Gods time for the Supreme Court? The last of the Thirty Six Strategies, and the last of the Stratagems for desperate situations, is this: If all else fails, retreat. This is pretty much the conclusion of lawyer Teddy Te …
