UK Supreme Court to rule on challenges to parliament’s prorogation on Tuesday
Foreign
“The Supreme Court has now heard the two prorogation-related judicial review cases.
The parliament is to be prorogued from Sept. 9 to Oct. 14.
Scotland’s highest civil court ruled Boris Johnson’s suspension of the UK parliament was unlawful,
A panel of three judges at the Court of Session found in favour of a cross-party group of politicians who were challenging the prime minister’s move.
The judges said that the prime minister was attempting to prevent parliament holding the government to account ahead of Brexit.
The current five-week suspension of Parliament, a process known as proroguing, started in the early hours of Tuesday.
A panel of 11 justices will pass the final judgment which may reassert the parliamentary supremacy.
Lawmakers said they would pass a bill to stop a chaotic Brexit on Oct. 31 once they are back.
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