Atty. Samson So Tan clarified that the Supreme Court cannot intervene in the Vice President’s impeachment trial threshold without a showing of actual legal injury or harm to constitutional rights.
Tan emphasized that the high tribunal acts as a trier of facts and arbiter of actual controversies rather than an advisory body issuing legal opinions.
He suggested that parties seeking preemptive legal guidance approach the Department of Justice, noting that judicial intervention is reserved for aggrieved parties who have suffered direct injury.
