On the Epistemic and Institutional Conditions of Legitimate Coercion: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Warrant of Arrest Issued Against an Incumbent Vice President
On the Epistemic and Institutional Conditions of Legitimate Coercion: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Warrant of Arrest Issued Against an Incumbent Vice President Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ September 5, 2026 The issuance of a warrant of arrest by a regional trial court against a sitting Vice President confronts the constitutional order with questions that are at once technical and ontological. They concern not merely the formal correctness of a particular judicial act, but the deeper conditions under which the state’s power of physical coercion may be exercised against those who occupy the highest offices of the republic. The eight interrogatories—concerning jurisdiction over the offense and the accused, the validity of the information, the personal determination of probable cause by the judge, the evidentiary basis of that determination, its independence from the prosecutor’s finding, compliance with constitutional and Rules of Court requirements, the relation of the crimin...
