The decision in the League of Cities case saw four different reversals by the Supreme Court from the first ruling in 2008 until the final decision in 2011. None of the decisions were decided on unanimously.

After saying on Aug. 6 that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is dead once it is archived, Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III now admits the impeachment is "technically" still alive after the Senate archived the case.

Rodrigo Duterte has a history of threatening critics and witnesses when he was president. The prosecution filed in the ICC 43 counts of murder to show a pattern of violence characteristic of crimes against humanity.