THERE is a line that gets thrown around whenever judicial decisions provoke discomfort: “The Court has the final say.” It is ...

This piece could serve as a sequel to the column piece “When gods err” (8/8/25) that I wrote last year. I started off then by ...

The recent Supreme Court decision, along with the subsequent public discourse, has once again highlighted the provocative yet contentious phrase “gods of Padre Faura.” This term positions the justices ...

The moniker “the gods of Padre Faura” refers to the Supreme Court justices ensconced in the neoclassical building on Padre Faura St. in Ermita, Manila. The street is named after Spanish Jesuit priest ...