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"Freedom of speech and expression, like other constitutional freedoms, is not absolute. It is subject to the limitations of equally important public interests such as the maintenance of the integrity and orderly functioning of the administration of justice," the high tribunal told Aurelio Arrienda.


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Litigant fined for criticizing SC

By Rene U. Borromeo | June 25, 2005 - 12:00am

The Supreme Court has slapped a losing litigant with a P20,000 fine for describing the justices as "crooks in robes " and Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. as the "chief swindler in robes." "Freedom of speech and...

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