Solicitor General Calida, ousted CJ Sereno, Associate Justice De Castro.

The Office of the Solicitor General latched onto the word “may” in the text and argued that this implied the possibility of an alternative mode of action. “We have consistently held that the term ‘may’ is indicative of a mere possibility, an opportunity or an option,” the OSG said. “Members of the Supreme Court,” the OSG concluded in its infinite wisdom, “may be removed through modes other than impeachment.” I would say that this interpretation is akin to the following reasoning: One may eat through one’s mouth. It’s merely one possibility. Other modes of eating may very well present themselves, such as up one’s ass.

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