The changes triggered by the SC ruling extend to the one-year bar rule, due process, and even to the SC's own role in impeachment proceedings
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The SC gave two grounds — constitutional infirmities and due process — why the trial had to meet its end. To the House’s defense, it said that the fourth impeachment complaint was valid because the first three were not initiated. Thethat under jurisprudence, initiation is done when there’s a filing of a complaint, and if the latter had been referred to the House’s justice committee.
Under the “longer way” or article XI, section 3, a committee conducts a hearing as part of the process. But this doesn’t mean that the respondent will not be given a chance to respond to allegations if the “faster way” under section 3 was used for the impeachment. “Judicial review must remain vigilant, but restrained; interpretive authority must not evolve into administrative oversight over a co-equal branch. The delicate balance of powers must be carefully maintained. Any departure from this equilibrium, however well-intentioned, risks disrupting the constitutional order,” the NUPL said.
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