Chief Justice Gesmundo to OSG lawyer: Were you not briefed? Sip water.
May 13, 2021 8:06 AM PHT
It was his first time to interpellate in oral arguments as the top magistrate, and Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo did it markedly – scolding a government lawyer for not being adequately briefed. The primer tells us that for the purposes of oral arguments, there are 3 things you must consider: First, you must be cool; second, you must be composed; and third, collected. Were you not briefed on that? Gesmundo asked Assistant Solicitor General Marissa dela Cruz-Galandines on Wednesday, May 11, for Day 8 of the anti-terror law oral arguments.
By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published May 4, 2021 7:15pm State lawyers on Tuesday defended before the Supreme Court (SC) the power of the government to implement warrantless arrests of persons suspected of committing acts of terrorism. At the resumption of oral arguments on the petitions seeking to nullify the anti-terror law, Assistant Solicitor General Marissa dela Cruz-Galandines said terrorism must be “nipped in the bud” through warrantless arrests. “There are instances when the law enforcement agents or the military personnel would not have the luxury of time to go to court and ask for a warrant of arrest. We are dealing with terrorism, Your Honor. Time is of the essence,” she said when asked by SC Associate Justice Edgardo delos Santos whether law enforcers should obtain an arrest warrant from the court.
Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) held online on Tuesday afternoon, May 4, its sixth oral arguments on 37 petitions against the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. SC justices continued their interpellations of the lawyers of the Office of the Solicitor General (