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UK Supreme Court: Suspending Parliament Was Unlawful, Judges Rule

posted by janrinok on Wednesday September 25 2019, @02:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the constitutional-upset dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261

Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Mr Johnson suspended - or prorogued - Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but judges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to Brexit on 31 October.

Supreme Court president Lady Hale said "the effect on the fundamentals of democracy was extreme."

[...]Delivering its conclusions, the Supreme Court's president, Lady Hale, said: "The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification."

Lady Hale said the unanimous decision of the 11 justices meant Parliament had effectively not been prorogued - the decision was null and of no effect.

She added that it was important to emphasise the case was "not about when and on what terms" the UK left the EU, but about the decision to suspend Parliament.

Speaker of the Commons John Bercow said MPs needed to return "in light of the explicit judgement", and he had "instructed the House of Commons authorities to prepare... for the resumption of business" from 11:30 BST on Wednesday.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 25 2019, @04:03PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 25 2019, @04:03PM (#898581) Journal

    I think he was wrong.

    Societies, even tribes, create laws for a reason. Since recorded history.

    Just having a weapon doesn't make one right.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 25 2019, @04:20PM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 25 2019, @04:20PM (#898593) Journal

    When you have a weapon, you don't have to be right. Yet, you still need them if you want to enforce the law

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  • (Score: 2) by EJ on Thursday September 26 2019, @05:44AM (1 child)

    by EJ (2452) on Thursday September 26 2019, @05:44AM (#898963)

    Assuming God exists and created the entire universe, go try telling Him He's not right.

    Power makes one "right" because they get to define what "right" means.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 26 2019, @01:55PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 26 2019, @01:55PM (#899086) Journal

      Assuming God exists and created the entire universe, go try telling Him He's not right.

      See the book of Job in the Bible.

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