Ngawit.(Sa Consti 2 at Kay Neri.)

While everyone's and their uncle is posting their beach pics on Multiply, I am here, writing, 33 pages into our 40 page Consti 2 syllabus, making digests. It's gotten so bad that our three hour Legal Theory exam a while ago was like a break from making digests. Four ballpens have died in the course of making these digests.

Anyway, this entry is a comment on the SC decision on Romulo Neri's petition, which I was just informed of through the wonderful people at ANC. I can't wait to read the SC decision (during the summer vacation, shemps). Inevitably, I think the case will make it into Constitutional Law syllabi throughout the country's law schools, as an example of the travesty our court is slowly becoming. (Apparently, the case is 120 pages.Kawawang mga law student.)

On TV, Biazon was wondering whether or not the case would be applicable for all members of the Cabinet, or only for Romulo Neri. Sadly, that's not exactly something that can be answered on its face. As part of our country's jurisprudence, the case has become technically, a part of our legal system, thanks to Article 8 of the Civil Code. As my ObliCon professor Sir JJ Disini would say, time will tell whether the case is good law or not. 

Think of it this way: this case, to me, is a case of Ermita-Malate Hotel vs Manila Prince Hotel. It'll either be Ermita-Malate Hotel and Motel Operators Association, Inc. v. City Mayor of Manila , where it can become one of the most oft-quoted cases in Philippine history, especially since it's the first or one of the few where you have two branches of government really duking it out, on the basis of executive privilege (Senate vs Ermita doesn't count). Or it can become Manila Prince Hotel vs GSIS  , where it's a legal punchline, according to my Legal Method professor.