1. Antonio Carpio was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26,2001, and served until his retirement on October 26,2019.
19 Facts About Antonio Carpio
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Antonio Carpio served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen years.
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Antonio Carpio served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
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Antonio Carpio was the Philippine Law Journal's Chairman of the editorial board, The Guidon's editor-in-chief and Managing Editor of the Philippine Collegian.
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Antonio Carpio soon emerged as one of the more prominent and successful legal practitioners in the country.
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Antonio Carpio taught tax law, corporate law, and negotiable instruments law at the University of the Philippines College of Law from 1983 to 1992.
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Antonio Carpio became a member Board of Regents member of University of the Philippines from 1993 to 1998.
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Antonio Carpio was the first appointee of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the Supreme Court of the Philippines after her assumption into office in January 2001.
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Antonio Carpio received the Presidential Medal of Merit from President Fidel Ramos in 1998 for his "distinguished and exemplary service" to the country, the Outstanding Achievement in Law Award from the Ateneo de Manila Alumni Association, and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Ateneo de Davao University.
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Antonio Carpio assumed the post after his predecessor, Renato Corona, was convicted by the Senate impeachment court for his failure to disclose in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth, dollar accounts that led to his removal in office, a penalty authorized by the 1987 Constitution.
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Antonio Carpio assumed the post again on March 1,2018, as Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno filed an indefinite leave in the midst of impeachment proceedings against her.
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Antonio Carpio chaired the court's Second Division and the Senate Electoral Tribunal.
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Antonio Carpio headed the Supreme Court's Committee on the Revision of the Rules of Court.
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Antonio Carpio holds the record on longest-serving associate justice, second to Cayetano Arellano, 19 years from 1901 to 1920, but Arellano never served as an associate justice.
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Antonio Carpio refused the final honor of retirement ceremony with an En banc special session at the Court's session hall.
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Antonio Carpio accepted his nomination, but President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Lucas Bersamin, only the third most senior justice.
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Antonio Carpio presented the Philippines' historical and legal case on the dispute before think tanks and universities in 30 cities covering 17 countries.
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Antonio Carpio's name appears on page 29 of the 'Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility'.
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In May 2017, Antonio Carpio published an eBook titled "The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea".