Suspension of parliament ruled unlawful by Scottish court
Andrew Woodcock Political Editor
1 hour ago
Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of parliament has been ruled unlawful by the highest appeal court in Scotland, with a panel of three senior judges concluding that the order to close the doors of Westminster to MPs was therefore "null and of no effect".
In a unanimous decision in Edinburgh’s Court of Session, the judges ruled that the prorogation was unconstitutional, as documents provided by the government itself had shown that its "true purpose" was to stifle parliamentary scrutiny.
In a written ruling, the judges stated that the prime minister's advice to the Queen to shut parliament down until 14 October "was motivated by the improper purpose of stymying parliament and that it, and what has followed from it, is unlawful" ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/parliament-prorogue-suspend-unlawful-boris-johnson-latest-scottish-supreme-court-brexit-no-deal-a9100396.html
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I know an "extraordinary" (emergency) session can be called by the President to deal with some crises, but am not sure if there is any provision for the Executive Branch to actually suspend the Legislative Branch (Congress). In fact, I'm pretty sure there isn't otherwise what would be the point of arguing that this is a system of "separation of powers" ? 
In the case of the UK and a parliamentary system, the PM is someone who is selected by the Parliament itself vs here where the President is selected by electors (who were voted for by the people and not the legislature).
