MANILA, Philippines–The Supreme Court has concluded the oral argument on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) not with a restraining order but with a show cause order against one of the petitioners for a social media post.
“The Court also resolved that a show cause order be issued to Attorney [Theodore] Te for his statementpost-hearing last time, which was posted in the social media,” Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo announced Monday, the last day of oral argument.
Te, in his now-deleted post, said that “perhaps the Court could have previewed the videos first for relevance and also for authenticity, and then made a determination if it should be played in …
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