The business of impeachment

The business of impeachment

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/22/2010 It is all of course the Yellows and their anointed who have been talking about impeachment, as their inane way of putting the pressure on the Supreme Court (SC) for it to reverse its latest ruling vesting Gloria Arroyo with the power to appoint the next Chief Justice (CJ). Threatening to impeach the high court justices just isn’t going to work as a pressure point, and neither will the Yellow marches nor for that matter, the lawyers groups plugging for their anointed justice do the pressure trick. The irony of it all is that it was the yellows and their anointed justices who made it impossible for the Congress — even an independent one — to impeach any impeachable official, especially the high court justices. Recall the time when an impeachment complaint was lodged against then SC Chief Justice, the disgraceful Hilario Davide Jr., where the majority of House members.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100322com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Fatwa is an endorsement FRONTLINE This business of impeachment ZOOMING IN The golden boys of gastroenterology II C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Poll failure, no; No-proc, maybe DIE HARD III Edsa II Frankenstein monster HE SAYS Color blind SHE SAYS The heat is on