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Mental Fitness in Public Service: When Illness, Not Misconduct, Ends Employment
Explaining when mentally unfit government employees may be dropped from the rolls, and why such separation is non-disciplinary.
Judicial Conduct and Mental Fitness: Ensuring Impartiality on the Bench
Philippine Supreme Court affirms removal of judge with mental unfitness and belief in "dwendes," citing judicial detachment.
Judicial Conduct and Mental Fitness: When Can a Philippine Judge Be Removed From Office
The Supreme Court clarifies the line between judicial misconduct and mental incapacity in removing a judge from office.
When Mental Capacity at Arraignment Matters: A Landmark Drug and Criminal Case Remand
The Supreme Court vacated a death penalty conviction because the trial court failed to assess the accused's mental fitness before arraignment.