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The most radical break from this tradition was when former
president Benigno Simeon Aquino III appointed Ma. Lourdes
Sereno as chief justice to take the place of Renato Corona.
She is the first woman chief justice but also served only two
years as associate justice before taking the helm.
Nadir
Yes, I use the term nadir. The quarrels among the justices that
has come out full blown in the impeachment hearings and in
the media has, in my mind, significantly eroded the quiet
gravitas that we have expected from the justices of the
Supreme Court.
History as judge
If history indeed is the final and fair judge, those who vote
against the quo warranto petition will be judged by future
generations as people who put institution and country above
themselves.