What is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines?
An '''Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines''' is one of 15 members of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Philippine Supreme Court]], the highest court in the [[Philippines]]. The [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] is in charge over the High Court, but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court. Until 1973, only men were appointed as Associate Justices to the Court. [[Cecilia Muñoz-Palma]], an appointee of then-dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]], was the first woman to sit on the Court. Since then, 15 other women have been appointed as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. [[File:Cecilia Muñoz-Palma 2009 stamp of the Philippines.jpg|thumb|2009 [[Commemorative plaque|Commemorative]] stamp honoring Cecilia Munoz-Palma]] ==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224043336/http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/index4.php The Supreme Court E-library] * {{cite book |last= Sevilla|first= Victor J.|title= Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Vol. I|year= 1985|publisher= New Day Publishers|location= Quezon City, Philippines |isbn= 971-10-0134-9}} * {{cite book |last= Sevilla|first= Victor J.|title= Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Vol. II|year= 1985|publisher= New Day Publishers|location= Quezon City, Philippines |isbn= 971-10-0137-3}} * {{cite book |last= Sevilla|first= Victor J.|title= Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Vol. III|year= 1985|publisher= New Day Publishers|location= Quezon City, Philippines |isbn= 971-10-0139-X}} {{Break}} [[Category:Politics of the Philippines]] {{Multistub|politics|asia}}