UK's PM Boris Johnson planned parliament suspension is abuse of power, court hears

"It breaches the legal principle of parliamentary sovereignty," he said."What the prime minister is not entitled to do is to close parliament for five weeks at such a critical time without justification."

Pannick said the case was not about whether Britain should leave the EU or on what terms, nor was it a criticism of Queen Elizabeth who agreed to the government’s request for a suspension. Miller, the campaigner who mounted a successful legal challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May’s government over its authority to leave the EU without a vote in parliament, is seeking a judicial review.

Her case is supported by former Conservative Prime Minister John Mayor and Shami Chakrabarti, the opposition Labour Party's top legal adviser. A Scottish court ruled on Wednesday that Johnson's decision the matter was not one for judges to decide. A similar legal bid in Northern Ireland will be heard on Friday.

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