All you will just need now are the numbers. Twelve Judges of the Philippine Senate High Court of the Impeachment abstaining against dismissal of impeachment complaint (or voting against it, but 12 abstentions is enough to defeat a dismissal move), will defeat a dismissal move. There will be no constitutional crisis. Stop being melodramatic. Political analysts, stop being emotional. The Supreme Court forgot to put something in their “injunction” order, and it’s jurisdictional. Ask any lawyer with enough experience in special civil actions practice in the Supreme Court to scrutinize the 97-page order. .. i don’t know if Justice Marvic did that intentionally or so subtly that none of the other justices saw it…
You didn’t see it? Wait. Sandali lang. i’ll tell you what it is (jurisdictional siya) — give us the numbers (12 possible abstentions on any dismissal move) and i’ll tell you what it is (kasi kung wala namang numbers, sayang lang). Wait lang, i’m just going to eat …
In the meantime…
Here’s a movie scene to entertain you (lawyer-movies are never realistic… in reality, and ideally if the judge is independent and not corrupt, you win your cases with your exhibits and research — the way you gathered, bagged and tagged your evidence and laid them before the court neatly and your comprehensive research of jurisprudence. Courtroom theatrics are for movies — and as far as that goes, this one won film awards naman )
From 1979 — this tiny movie is a precursor that led the way and created an entire genre of lawyer-movies and lawyer-TV-series for the next half-century. (the film genre is called “legal drama”). They inspire law students and the general public, and for that, they provide a narrative that shows you dilemmas that lawyers encounter in real life but don’t talk about because they don’t want to tell you the compromises they’ve made.
There, I’ve said it … There are a lot of things that lawyers do not talk about …
Ok, here it is, don’t mind na lang jaded and cynical lawyers who annotate them 💃🤸.
(This scene does not does not apply to us, we don’t have a jury system)
