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By Public Information Office, Supreme Court

Introductory Note by Atty. Ismael G. Khan, Jr.
Assistant Court Administrator and Chief, Public Information Office, Supreme Court

“During Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban term, the Supreme Court decided three nationally significant cases involving the following subjects:
1. Executive Order No. 464, which had barred executive officials from testifying in congressional investigations without the express approval of the President,
2. The so-called calibrated preemptive response policy of the Executive Department, and
3. Presidential Proclamation No. 1017, which had declared a State of National Emergency last February 2006 These cases had put to a crucial test the Chief Justice’s philosophy and policy of liberty and prosperity. The first case was decided by a vote of 14-0; the second, by 13-0; and the third, by 11-3.”

Archived in the Supreme Court Library
2006