This volume, a collection of columns written during Arroyo's administration, is the fourth in a series by the author on post-Edsa 1 presidents.

Joaquin G. Bernas is Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo College of Law.

Preface	p. ix
From Estrada to Arroyo	p. 1
Enter Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
13-0: What Does It Mean?
Great Cases Make Bad Law
Rumblings Among the Military
What to do with Estrada?	p. 13
Exile Estrada?
Misunderstanding Presidential Immunity
The Estrada Challenge
The Ombudsman is in a Bind
What is "Plunder"?
Constitutionality of Plunder Law
House Arrest
Into Her Second Presidency	p. 29
The GMA Stunner
Why Pick on Candidate Brother Eddie?
Is Candidate FPJ a Filipino Citizen?
The Comelec and FPJ Citizenship
Who Decides Poe's Citizenship?
What Next about FPJ's Citizenship?
How to Prove Paternity
More on FPJ Citizenship
Did the Supreme Court say that FPJ is a Natural Born Filipino?
Vote Canvassing Problems
More Canvassing Controversies
The Court and Presidential Canvass
What If the Canvassing Drags?
Must Congress Be in Session for the Canvass?
GMA Proclamation, At Last
FPJ's Electoral Protest
Tasks for the Morning After
The Davide Impeachment	p. 67
Problems in the Davide Impeachment
More on Impeachment
The Supreme Court Must Decide
Why the Supreme Court Did It
Impeachment Evolution
Erosion of the "Political Questions" Doctrine
Foreign Relations	p. 83
Mindanao Military Exercises
More on the VFA Controversy
Why are the US Forces Here?
The Balikatan Front
Congressman Mark Jimenez Extradited
Extradition Fundamentals
Extradition and the Right to Bail
Ambiguities in the Visiting Forces Agreement
The International Criminal Court
In Search of Peace	p. 107
Negotiating with the NDF
Terrorism and the VFA
Terrorism in International Law
Criminalizing Terrorism
State Terrorism
War on Terrorism
The Death Penalty	p. 123
The Gift of Life
Out with the Death Penalty
Justice Vitug and the Death Penalty
GMA's Bold Move: Mass Commutation
The EO 464 Folly	p. 133
Scope and Limits of Legislative Investigations
Parliamentary Immunity
Charter Change and Foreign Lobby
Executive Privilege for Gonzales?
Executive Privilege or Executive Folly?
The Congressional Oversight Function
The Supreme Court Strikes Down EO 464
Executive Privilege Exploded
The Palace Spin Doctors
Dealing with Disorder	p. 157
A State of Rebellion
The Abu Sayyaf Menace
The Basilan "Zonas"
Who is Afraid of Emergency Powers?
Once More, Emergency Powers
One Man/Woman Rule
Citizens' Arrest, My Foot!
Proclamation No. 1017
Back to Three Emergency Situations
Playing Games with the Court
5 Percent Win, 95 Percent Loss for the Palace
The "Takeover" Provision
Charter Change	p. 189
Congress as a Constituent Assembly
Jointly or Separately?
Desperately Trying
The Future of Charter Change
Doable Charter Changes
A Proposed New Charter
A Parliamentary System?
The Initiative and Referendum Folly
More on Charter Change
The Gloria Ouster Movement	p. 217
Constitutional Measures
Extra-Constitutional Measures
The Bishops Speak Out
A Truth Commission?
Impeachment Talk
What to Do with the "Hello, Garci" Tapes
Betrayal of Public Trust
Too Late the Hero
Impeachment is Dead
After the Failed Impeachment, What?
The Killing of the GMA Impeachment
Snap Election Talk
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