On the afternoon of June 3, 2026, twelve senators reorganized the entire Philippine Senate without the other twelve. They invoked a 1949 Supreme Court case to justify it. This is Part 1 of a two-part series analyzing the crisis from multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, crossdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives spanning constitutional law, political science, public choice economics, sociology, philosophy, and Reformed theology. This post covers the full story, the players, the legal argument, and what the flood control corruption have to do with it all. The complete scholarly paper is available for download at the end of this post. If the law can be bent by twelve senators for obvious reasons that has something to do with their self interest, what guarantee do ordinary Filipinos have that it will not be bent again tomorrow?
When ‘The Prenup’ Stops Being Romantic Comedy
The controversy surrounding a celebrity prenup has reignited a question Philippine law actually has an answer to. Can a prenup dictate where you live, how you speak to your spouse, or who gets your children if the marriage fails? Under Philippine law, the answer depends on a line the Family Code draws — and that courts are empowered to enforce
The law at the palm of your hand
As a law student and as a member of the legal profession are you tired of bringing your codals with you? Did you ever wish you could have quick access to what the law says verbatim ? All of the Codals stacked up together is more than a feet thick. The solution is simple put […]