The JBC is screening applicants for the associate justice seat Gesmundo vacated when he was appointed as chief justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Lagos however said he does not believe the SC should be swayed by low trust ratings. Retired SC Justice Noel Tijam, JBC member representing the academe, prodded Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Geraldine Econg on her opinion on the law that is facing 37 legal challenges at the SC. Fellow Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Rafael Lagos opined that the SC’s power of judicial review would give it the right to look at the anti-terrorism law. Tijam pressed: The SC can say that the Congress enacted and the president signed an unwise law?

Source: Philippine Star June 02, 2021 11:37 UTC