LONDON - The British government and its opponents faced off on Tuesday at the UK Supreme Court in a high-stakes legal drama over Brexit that will determine whether new Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending Parliament at a crucial time ahead of Britain's impending departure from the European Union.
Government lawyer Richard Keen said judges in a lower court had"nakedly entered the political arena" by ruling on the matter.Johnson sent lawmakers home on Sept 9 until Oct 14, which is barely two weeks before the scheduled Oct 31 Brexit day. A ruling against the government by the country's top court could force him to recall Parliament.
Johnson says the suspension is routine, and will allow his government to launch its domestic agenda with a new session of Parliament. But the decision outraged many lawmakers, who say it's designed to prevent them from challenging Johnson's push for Brexit in October"do or die." Keen, acting for the government, told the court that the Scottish judges"have simply gone where the court should not go."
Pannick, however, stressed that he wasn't criticising Britain's 93-year-old monarch in the case."Her majesty acted on the advice of her prime minister," he said.
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