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Re: BREAKING: Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson suspended Parliament unlawfully

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Actually, it's been done frequently for political reasons, including by John Major, one of the plaintiffs.

Proroguing parliament is also done annually as a matter of course. And it was done when May arrived as PM.

The courts are stepping in and saying we are in charge of this area, which they have always said was not within their remit before.

It's a shocking judgement. Not sure what to make of it. They think he is lying because surely it was about Brexit. I think that more than one thing can be true at the same time. And thus that the judges are rather simple-minded.


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Re: BREAKING: Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson suspended Parliament unlawfully
By: clo in ALEA
Tue, 24 Sep 19 5:14 PM 		Msg. 31799 of 54959

The Supreme Court's ruling against Prime Minister Boris Johnson is unprecedented, a lawyer central to the case has told CNN.

Gina Miller, the lawyer who successfully appealed the High Court verdict against her legal challenge to Johnson's prorogation, told Bianca Nobilo she was "in shock" at the unanimous, 11-0 decision.

She added she was “in a second phase of shock that the Prime Minister is now trying to downplay this.”

"No prime minister has ever used their office to do this ... no prime minster has illegally advised the Queen," Miller said.

"This is absolutely fundamental to our constitution ... he cannot -- or in fact, any prime minster cannot -- just close down or shut up parliament, just because parliament disagrees with them."

"The case was not about Brexit, it was not about politics, it was about the fact that he was putting himself above the law, and the courts have found that he cannot do that."

Boris Johnson to fly back to Britain overnight

http://www.cnn.com/uk/live-news/boris-johnson-supreme-court-ruling-dle-intl/index.html

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