LEGAL MEMORANDUM

TO: Wentworth Miller FROM: Josephine D. Rojas RE: Marina v. Joni DATE: March 5, 2012 __________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. STATEMENT OF FACTS Like a tsunami, more than three-fourths (3/4) of the total membership of the House of Representatives came up with articles of impeachment against three of the more notorious members of the court in terms of indolence, having been seen almost every night partying and getting drunk, while apparently forgetting their workload at the court they had the least number of decisions. All of them were charged with betrayal of public trust. After an expedited impeachment trial which was not interfered with by the court, in spite of several petitions filed by the respondent justices to stop the same, the Senate came up with judgments of conviction. Following conviction, the three members lost no time in immediately questioning the constitutionality of the Senate judgment. They pointed out that whatever they may done could not possibly come up to the level of the amorphous and hazy term "betrayal of public trust." Moreover, they pointed out that the court itself has already ruled on how such ground for impeachment should be understood as laid down in the case of Gonzales III v. Office of the President SCRA (G.R. No. 196231, 4 September 2012).