Published April 27, 2021, 6:51 PM
Solicitor General Jose C. Calida asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, April 27, to dismiss all the 37 petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.
During the online oral arguments, Calida said the enactment of ATA is political in nature that cannot be delved into by the courts, there are supervening events that warrant the dismissal of the petitions, and petitioners do not have legal standing to challenge the law.
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Calida told the SC that ATA “is not an instrument of oppression and neither is it a tool to suppress the vibrance of our democracy.”
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In an advisory, the SC said that only the justices, two amici curiae (friends of the court), three lawyers each from the 37 petitioners, and seven lawyers from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will be allowed to participate through the Zoom platform.
Only the SC’s public information office (PIO) was allowed “to do continuous live streaming of the oral arguments via YouTube.” The streaming, however, is limited to an audio feed.
Last April 8, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo announced the resumption of oral arguments on ATA two weeks after the lifting of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region and the four adjacent provinces.
Published April 22, 2021, 9:31 AM
Oral arguments on 37 petitions which challenged the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) will resume online via video conferencing starting at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27.
In an advisory, the SC said that only the justices, two amici curiae (friends of the court), three lawyers each from the 37 petitioners, and seven lawyers from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will be allowed to participate through the Zoom platform.
Only the SC’s public information office (PIO) was allowed “to do continuous live streaming of the oral arguments via YouTube.” The streaming, however, is limited to an audio feed.
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The first phase of the Supreme Court’s (SC) oral arguments on 37 petitions against the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 ended at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2.
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First phase was held for four Tuesdays starting last Feb. 2, except Feb. 23, and dea