Boris Johnson Acted Illegally in Suspending Parliament, U.K.’s Highest Court Rules

Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending Parliament for five weeks, U.K.’s top court rules, in a victory for anti-Brexit campaigners

In an unprecedented judicial rebuke over the exercise of arcane monarchical powers, the Supreme Court said the prime minister misused his authority to advise Queen Elizabeth II to prorogue, or suspend, Parliament from Sept.

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