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National Press Club vs. Commission on Elections [DISSENTING OPINION, CRUZ, J.]

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent [DISSENTING OPINION, CRUZ, J.]

G.R. No. 102653 | 1992-03-05

CRUZ, J., dissenting:

It has become increasingly clear that the grandiose description of this Court as the bulwark of individual liberty is nothing more than an ironic euphemism. In the decision it makes today, the majority has exalted authority over liberty in another obeisance to the police state, which we so despised during the days of martial law. I cannot share in the excuses of the Court because I firmly believe that the highest function of authority is to insure liberty. 

In sustaining the challenged law, the majority invokes the legislative goal, about which there can be no cavil. My quarrel is with the way the objective is...