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If UK government "ignored the law" on asylum seekers, what are the consequences? [duplicate]
The UK government wants to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, but the proposed policy has been ruled unlawful by the UK Supreme Court.
The Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson is widely reported ...
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Can Parliament be compelled to let the UK leave the EU on October 31st?
Citizens cannot take Parliament to court to force it to hold a General Election, even when they believe that Parliament to have lost legitimacy.
Can Parliament be compelled by the courts to not ...
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Did the supreme court overrule the monarch?
We heard that the Supreme Court not only decided that the Prime Minister's advice to the Queen was unlawful, but that the prorogation was therefore void: it didn't happen, Parliament was not prorogued....
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Could the Queen refuse to proroge parliament if it would be unlawful? [duplicate]
This question is closely related to Can the Queen refuse to suspend the Parliament? but based on the new situation given the Supreme Court ruling.
Suppose the Prime Minister asked the Queen to ...
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Could the Queen overturn the UK Supreme Court ruling regarding prorogation of Parliament? [duplicate]
A couple of days ago, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson's advice to the Queen, which led to the prorogation of Parliament for 5 weeks ahead of the October 31st Brexit date, was unlawful. ...
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Was the ruling that prorogation was unlawful only possible because of the creation of a separate supreme court?
So the UK supreme court has just ruled the prorogation of parliament to be unlawful. This court has only existed since 2009, taking on the role as the court of final appeal from the House of Lords.
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