Brexit: Supreme Court says Parliament must give Article 50 go-ahead

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Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled.

During the Supreme Court hearing, campaigners argued that denying the UK Parliament a vote was undemocratic and a breach of long-standing constitutional principles.

What the court said

Reading out the judgement, Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger said: "By a majority of eight to three, the Supreme Court today rules that the government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament authorising it to do so."

Supreme Court ruling - key points

    The 1972 Act that took the UK into the then EEC creates a process by which EU law becomes a source of UK law
    So long as that act remains in force, it means that EU law is an "independent and overriding source" of the UK's legal system

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38720320

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UK Supreme Court Deals Massive Setback to Brexit

“The fact that withdrawal from the EU would remove some existing domestic rights of UK residents also renders it impermissible for the Government to withdraw from the EU Treaties without prior Parliamentary authority.”

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/01/24/article-50-must-put-parliament-supreme-court-rules/