Law Jaw

[smokingboot]

The high court has, unsurprisingly, come down on the side of the challengers regarding the government's attempt to use the Royal Prerogative to prevent MPs in the Houses of Parliament voting on Brexit.

It did not bode well to have one of the judges point out the obvious.( 'I'm baffled,' Lord Thomas said. 'These rights are under treaty. If amending the treaty, parliamentary approval is needed. So, I don't understand why the content of these rights are not controlled by parliament?' http://uk.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-article-50-court-case-day-3-lord-chief-justice-was-baffled-by-the-uk-governments-key-arguments-2016-10)

 I may wade through the entire judgement at some point. https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/r-miller-v-secretary-of-state-for-exiting-the-european-union/ But the bit that sings to me so far is here: https://twitter.com/StevePeers/status/794124143369355265

Now of course we have a backlash against the judges  from those who fervently fight for parliamentary sovereignty until it doesn't agree with them.

This is actually a good time to be ill. Viewing all this through a fever almost makes sense of it.

Comments

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think you may well be right.

But I do not see what the alternative is, tbh. After the nonsense regarding the royal prerogative and the Lord Chancellor, it is pretty clear that the actual mechanics of parliamentary democracy don't matter to May. Her refusal to condemn the attacks on the High Court judges, especially from the press, suggests that Kitten Heels is running scared of the far right. I thought this after hearing the regrettable rhetoric of the Tory Party Conference. They are pandering, for all May's tough attitude.

[benicek.livejournal.com]

She might be pandering but also bluffing the far right. The promises she made to Nissan sound like she might be going for a Norway EEA option while pretending not to. Hard to say.

Could be...

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

... It would be a serviceable bluff, and certainly more palatable than the impression I got .