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November 15 2011

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motherjones: Yep, it’s a real thing. No it’s not. Somebody had some Photoshop fun and replaced AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) with FAP. Funny :)

motherjones:

Yep, it’s a real thing.

No it’s not. Somebody had some Photoshop fun and replaced AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) with FAP. Funny :)

"Never let your schooling interfere with your education."

Mark Twain

Supreme Court allows Arroyo to travel

How SC voted

The “political differences” among the 15 members of the high court were evident in the way they voted on the Arroyo petition, a senior court official told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Chief Justice Renato Corona and the seven other magistrates who voted to issue the TRO—Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Roberto Abad, Martin Villarama Jr. and Jose Perez—were all appointed by Arroyo during her nine-year presidency.

Accused of being Arroyo’s “midnight appointee,” Corona once served as her chief of staff and spokesperson.

Of the five dissenters, three are appointees of President Aquino—Associate Justices Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Bienvenido Reyes and Estela Perlas-Bernabe.

Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justice Jose Mendoza are the other dissenters.

Photo and from text from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Is this really about Constitutional rights? Or politics? Can we really trust this Supreme Court?