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Jose Jesus M. Disini, Jr., et al. Vs. The Secretary of Justice, et al. [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion,J. Brion]

JOSE JESUS M. DISINI, JR., ET AL., Petitioners, vs. THE SECRET ARY OF JUSTICE, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. G.R. No. 203299 - LUIS "BAROK" C. BIRAOGO, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203306 - ALAB NG MAMAMAHA YAG (ALAM), ET AL., Petitioners v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, ET AL, Respondents; G.R. No. 203359 - SENATOR TEOFISTO DL GUINGONA III, Petitioner, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203378 - ALEXANDER ADONIS, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203391 - HON. RAYMOND V. PALATINO, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203407 - BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN SECRETARY GENERAL RENATO M. REYES, JR., ET AL., Petitioners, v. BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III, Respondents; G.R. No. 203440 - MELENCIO S. STA. MARIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. HON. PA QUITO OCHOA, ET AL., Respondents. G.R. No. 203453 - NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHIILIPPINES, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203454 - PAUL CORNELIUS T. CASTILLO, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE HON. SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203469 - ANTHONY IAN M. CRUZ, ET AL., Petitioners, v. HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203501 - PHILIPPINE BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner v. HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203509 - BAY AN MUNA REPRESENTATIVE NERI J. COLMENARES, Petitioner, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO OCHOA, JR., Respondent; G.R. No. 203515 - NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., ET AL., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III, ET AL., Respondents; G.R. No. 203518 - PHILIPPINE INTERNET FREEDOM ALLIANCE, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRET ARY, ET AL., Respondents. [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion,J. Brion]

G.R. No. 203335 | 2014-02-18

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

BRION, J.:

A. Concurrences & Dissents

Technology and its continued rapid development in the 21st century have been pushing outward the boundaries of the law, compelling new responses and the redefinition of fundamental rights from their original formulation; enlarging the need for, and the means of, governmental regulation; and more importantly, sharpening the collision between the individual’s exercise of fundamental rights and governmental need for intervention.

In this kind of collision, the Court – as constitutionally designed – finds itself in the middle, balancing its duty to protect individuals’ exercise...