Posted: Sep 24, 2019 10:16 am
Thommo wrote:Supreme court judgements and summaries on the case are available here:
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0192.html
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0193.html
Whilst the short term effects of this decision are most welcome, I can't help think the longer term implications are absolutely profound and mark a further step towards the American model of the judiciary. It is difficult to see how this isn't the courts making laws.
I have heard it suggested that the appropriate response would be to have a single formal written constitution, like America does, but I have to admit that also appears to be a step in the same direction, rather than a remedy.
I think it's more that the Judges felt Parliament was prevented from making decisions, and so they have been returned to their previous status of not being prorogued. I think in the judgement they said they weren't overruling Parliament, Parliament had been prevented from doing it's job.