The immutable rule is that injustice does not pay.

If magistrates who are sworn to uphold the Constitution, subvert the very fundamental law by arrogating jurisdiction over an impeachable official, perforce they deserve to be impeached.

Impeachment, not a flawed quo warranto petition, must be the appropriate sanction against the eight grievously errant justices who ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

They are liable for culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust, among other impeachable offenses.

The Constitution unequivocally mandates that it is only by impeachment instituted by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate can an impeachable official be removed from office.

No other procedure is allowed, certainly not an aberration of a quo warranto action.

An invocation of the principle that what the majority of the Supreme Court say “is the law” will not cleanse the gross blunder committed by the eight Justices.

The act of promulgating their unconstitutional decision completes the consummation of the impeachable offenses.

Only a contrite and complete recantation by reconsidering their unlawful, controversial and unpopular decision can save the eight Justices from impeachment.

EDCEL C. LAGMAN