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Thu Sep 19, 2019, 10:53 AM Sep 2019

Parliament suspension case reaches final day in Supreme Court

By Rob Picheta, CNN
Updated 10:25 a.m. ET, September 19, 2019

... Lord Pannick has wrapped up his remarks. The close attention paid by the judges to how far they should go in their judgement, and whether or not they should order that Parliament be re-opened, does suggest that the government ought to feel more than a little nervous. But it's still a fool's game to make a prediction. Judges make their decisions on the basis of the strength of legal argument rather than the flourish with which it is delivered.

The President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale -- who for many observers has become the breakout star of the proceedings -- made a short statement afterwards in which she said that the judges understand that time is of the essence, and that a ruling will be delivered early next week ...

Pannick says that Parliament should return as soon as possible next week, if the court rules in his favor that prorogation was unlawful.

"The remedy we seek from the courts is a declaration that the prime mister’s advice to Her Majesty was unlawful," he says ...

https://edition.cnn.com/uk/live-news/boris-johnson-supreme-court-thursday-dle-gbr-intl/index.html

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