Antonio Carpio
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Antonio T. Carpio is an incumbent Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
. He was appointed to the Court by President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
and assumed office on October 26, 2001, his 52nd birthday.
, Carpio finished grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Davao University. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University
, and his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law
. He went into private practice and soon emerged as one of the more prominent and successful legal practitioners in the country. Carpio also taught law subjects at the U.P. College of Law from 1983 to 1992.
In 1992, he joined the administration of President
Fidel Ramos as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the Office of the President. During the presidency of Joseph Estrada
, Carpio returned to private practice and penned a regular opinion column published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
.
Carpio was the first Supreme Court appointee of President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
after her assumption into office in 2001. At 52, he was one of the youngest ever appointees to the Supreme Court, the youngest Justice since Claudio Teehankee, Sr.
was appointed at the age of 50 in 1968.
As of December 2009, as Senior Associate Justice, Carpio is chairperson of the Court's Second Division. He also chairs the Senate Electoral Tribunal.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice presides over the High Court, but carries only 1 of the 15 votes in the court...
of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the Philippines' highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice...
. He was appointed to the Court by President
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
and assumed office on October 26, 2001, his 52nd birthday.
Profile
Born in Davao CityDavao City
The City of Davao is the largest city in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its international airport and seaports are among the busiest cargo hubs in the Philippines....
, Carpio finished grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Davao University. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
, and his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law
University of the Philippines College of Law
University of the Philippines College of Law or UP Law is the law school of the University of the Philippines. Since 1948, it has been located at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, the flagship campus of UP's seven constituent universities. Until the 1970s, night classes of...
. He went into private practice and soon emerged as one of the more prominent and successful legal practitioners in the country. Carpio also taught law subjects at the U.P. College of Law from 1983 to 1992.
In 1992, he joined the administration of President
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Fidel Ramos as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the Office of the President. During the presidency of Joseph Estrada
Joseph Estrada
Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
, Carpio returned to private practice and penned a regular opinion column published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
.
Carpio was the first Supreme Court appointee of President
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
after her assumption into office in 2001. At 52, he was one of the youngest ever appointees to the Supreme Court, the youngest Justice since Claudio Teehankee, Sr.
Claudio Teehankee, Sr.
Claudio Teehankee was the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the Supreme Court of the Philippines....
was appointed at the age of 50 in 1968.
As of December 2009, as Senior Associate Justice, Carpio is chairperson of the Court's Second Division. He also chairs the Senate Electoral Tribunal.
Notable opinions
- MVRS Publications v. Islamic Da'Wah Council (2003) - Dissenting — on distinction between criminal libel and libel as a tortTortA tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a wrong that involves a breach of a civil duty owed to someone else. It is differentiated from a crime, which involves a breach of a duty owed to society in general...
(joined by J. PanganibanArtemio PanganibanArtemio V. Panganiban , "The Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century" was the 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines.-Early life and education:...
) - Estrada v. Escritor I and II - Dissenting opinions — on right of free exercise of religionFreedom of religionFreedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any...
as shield from administrative sanction for bigamousBigamyIn cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other...
relations (joined by J. PanganibanArtemio PanganibanArtemio V. Panganiban , "The Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century" was the 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines.-Early life and education:...
, Callejo, Sr.Romeo Callejo, Sr.Romeo J. Callejo, Sr. is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on September 3, 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and served until his mandatory retirement on April 27, 2007.- Profile :After earning his law degree from the San...
, and Carpio-MoralesConchita Carpio-MoralesConchita Carpio-Morales is the newly appointed and current Ombudsman of the Philippines. She was previously an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines....
) - Feliciano v. COA (2004) – on legal personality of local water districts
- Tenebro v. CA (2004) - Dissenting — on whether the annulmentAnnulmentAnnulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place...
of the second marriage affects criminal liability for bigamyBigamyIn cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other...
(joined by J. QuisumbingLeonardo QuisumbingLeonardo A. Quisumbing was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009....
, Austria-MartinezAlicia Austria-MartinezMa. Alicia Austria-Martinez is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009...
, Carpio-MoralesConchita Carpio-MoralesConchita Carpio-Morales is the newly appointed and current Ombudsman of the Philippines. She was previously an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines....
, and TingaDante TingaDante O. Tiñga is a Filipino politician and jurist. He served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2003 to 2009.- Profile :...
) - Central Bank Employees v. BSP (2004) - Dissenting — on claims for wage increases of government employees in accordance with equal protection clauseEqual Protection ClauseThe Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"...
even absent enabling legislationLegislationLegislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it... - Sonza v. ABS-CBN (2004) – on employment relationshipEmploymentEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
between a television presenterPresenterA presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
and the television networkTelevision networkA television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small... - MIAA v. City of Parañaque (2006) — on exemption of government agencies in payment of local government taxes
- Rufino v. Endriga (2006) — on presidentialPresident of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
appointing power over officials of government agencies established by CongressCongress of the PhilippinesThe Congress of the Philippines is the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Senate , and the House of Representatives although commonly in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter.The Senate is composed of 24 senators half... - Lambino v. COMELEC (2006) — on people's initiativePeople's InitiativePeople’s Initiative or "PI" is one of the modes in which the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines could be amended. The other two modes are via Constituent Assembly or "Con-Ass" and Constitutional Convention or "Con-Con"; which also allow revisions....
as a mode to amend the ConstitutionConstitution of the PhilippinesThe Constitution of the Philippines is the supreme law of the Philippines.The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987, during the administration of President Corazon Aquino, and is popularly known as the "1987 Constitution"... - G.R. No. 180643, Romulo L. Neri Vs. Senate Committee(2008) - Separate Opinion, on The limits of executive privilege
- Indirect Bribery case of Jake Macasaet (2008)- Dissenting opinion on Jake Macasaet case