U.K. Parliament case opens at Supreme Court as Brexit nears
in a high-stakes legal drama over Brexit that will determine whether new Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending Parliament at a crucial time ahead of Britain’s impending departure from the European Union.
Johnson sent lawmakers home on Sept. 9 until Oct. 14, which is barely two weeks before the scheduled Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. A ruling against the government by the country’s top court could force him to recall Parliament. Johnson says the suspension is routine and will allow his government to launch its domestic agenda with a new session of Parliament. But the decision outraged many lawmakers, who say it’s designed to prevent them from challenging Johnson’s push for Brexit in October “do or die.”
But Pannick, attorney for transparency advocate Gina Miller, told the court it was a fundamental constitutional principle that “Parliament is sovereign and the executive is accountable to Parliament.” Protesters with signs reading “reopen Parliament” and “defend our democracy” rallied outside the courthouse across from the Houses of Parliament, alongside a performer painted green and wearing a blond wig who called himself “the Incredible Sulk.” Johnson told a newspaper over the weekend that the Britain would break free of the EU “like the Hulk.”
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