Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Lèse Majesté and the Philippine Supreme Court

Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...
Lèse majesté...

Thank goodness for impeachment or 70 years of age!

Oops. If no one files a suit on their behalf, the Supremes will just issue a Motu Propio decision to make the impeachment process unconstitutional.

In any case, why use "Motu Propio" as opposed to "Nostra Sponte?" The former sounds like an order from a sovereign while the latter is a plain and practical description of the nature of the judicial order.

The use of those two latin terms is indicative of what the SC think of themselves.

That is what we get when jurists are constitutionally granted the power to make their own rules.

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