England's High Court said the suspension was a political rather than legal matter, but Scottish court judges ruled last week that Johnson acted illegally to avoid democratic scrutiny
Demonstrators protest outside the entrance to the Supreme Court in central London, on the first day of the hearing on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Boris Johnson
"The evidence shows that the prime minister, at best, improperly regards Parliament as an irrelevance," and at worst a handicap to his plans, they said. The Supreme Court must decide two questions: Is this a matter for the courts; and, if so, did the government break the law? The court is due to hear Tuesday from lawyers for Miller and the government. There will be submissions later from the governments of Scotland and Wales and former Prime Minister John Major ¿ all supporting the challenges to the government ¿ and from a Northern Ireland campaigner who argues a no-deal Brexit would endanger the peace process there. Johnson hasn't said what he will do if the judges rule the suspension illegal. He told the BBC he would "wait and see what they say."
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