With Due Respect

The bar exam and the legends of the bar

The three-day 2024 Bar exam was finished yesterday, Sept. 15, while the first two were…

AI fortifies liberty, prosperity, rule of law

Lawyers (and the public in general) should not fear the many disruptions caused, and to…

FLP’s 2024 law scholars, fellows, and winners

Prior to her husband becoming president, I have already heard of her vaunted competence as…

A brilliant executive but God’s servant first

Ambassador Howard Q. Dee, 94, was proclaimed the sole recipient of the 2024 “RVR Award…

President, Congress, OMB, et al. vs Alice Guo

The two Senate committees ably chaired by Sen. Win Gatchalian and Sen. Risa Hontiveros and…

A puzzlement for our Supreme Court

Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla, the topnotcher of the 2022 senatorial elections, personally signed a petition…

Cradle of the rule of law

To my utter surprise, my column last Monday, (“Scotus legalizes bribery”) drew a record number…

Scotus legalizes bribery

The dizzying political turmoil in the United States has come to a peaceful halt. It…

Permanent Court of Arbitration, 125

Not until our country won the 501-page, unanimous Arbitral Award (AA), dated July 12, 2016,…

Little known SC decisions

After reviewing the significant decisions of the Supreme Court in 2023, I thought I should…