SC resumes hearing on ATF arguments online
THE Supreme Court will resume hearing oral arguments today through videoconferencing on several petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
This is the first online oral arguments the high court will ever conduct.
“Given the current public health situation, the remainder of the oral arguments shall be conducted through videoconferencing. This arrangement shall be pro hack vice (for or on this occasion only)…” the SC said in a recent advisory.
Justices, court personnel, counsels, and amici curiae will attend the oral arguments by videoconferencing through Zoom application.
The national security adviser may join the videoconferencing and shall be covered by regulations same as the counsels.
The SC cancelled the oral arguments following the rise in coronavirus cases in the country in the past few weeks.
A total of 37 petitions have been filed before the high court challenging the constitutionality, in whole or in part, of Republic Act No 11479.
