David v. Poe

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David v. Poe
Court	Senate Electoral Tribunal
Full case name	Rizalito Y. David versus Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares
Decided	November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17)
Citation(s)	SET Case No.001-15
Transcript(s)	Decision
Case history
Appealed to	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Subsequent action(s)	Petition for certiorari was dismissed by the Supreme Court and declare the respondent as a natural-born Filipino citizen qualified to hold office as Senator of the Republic. (G.R. no. 221538)
Court membership
Judges sitting	Carpio (Senior Associate Justice), de Castro, Brion (Associate Justices), Aquino, P. Cayetano, Villar, Binay, Sotto, Legarda (Senator-members)
Case opinions
Concurrence	Aquino, P. Cayetano, Villar, Sotto, Legarda
Dissent	Carpio, de Castro, Brion, Binay

Rizalito Y. David versus Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares, better known as David v. Poe, is a SET Case No.001-15. It is a 2015 court case filed before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) that sought to remove Grace Poe from the Philippine Senate—which would have effectively blocked her from running for president in the 2016 elections—because she was a foundling and therefore it was impossible to determine whether she was a natural-born citizen, a requirement for both offices.