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Come on. Let's this constitutional clusterfuck party started.
Erm. The Supreme Court website is struggling.
This ain't no way to do a constitutional clusterfuck party.
Think we're going to have to rely on the journos in the room on this one.
Working on Sky
Might start an Instagram account for Lady Hale's brooches
The judgement is unanimous. Bloody hell.
They've decided the case is justiciable. Bloody fucking hell.
That means it is within their remit - they can rule on it.
That was the highest hurdle. It has been passed. They'll now look at whether the prorogation was lawful.
Limit of prorogation power: "A decision to prorogue will be unlawful if the prorogation has the effect of frustrating or preventing without reasonable justification the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions".
If that is shown, the court doesn't need to look into motive.
Guys this shit is going down.
"This prolonged suspension of parliament democracy took place in quite exceptional circumstances. Parliament has a right to a voice in how that change came about."
"The effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. No justification has been put before the court." Fucking. Hell.
This should have a Hans Zimmer soundtrack.
"The decision to advise her majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful."
Boom.
Classic Dom.
"The PM's advice to her majesty was unlawful, void, and to of no effect... The prorogation was also unlawful, void, and of no effect. Parliament has not been prorogued."
Holy shit alive man.
She has a mic the size of the earth and she had dropped that bastard down.
No further appeal. It is over. Unanimous ruling. They have destroyed the government's case.
The last part is important. It was open to the court to rule that Johnson had to open a new session with a Queen's Speech. But this is much more substantial. It's that parliament was never prorogued in the first place.
They are now leaving it up to parliament to reconvene itself, it seems. She stated this was not for the PM to do. I have no idea how that process works.
To reiterate. Do not fuck about with @JolyonMaugham 
@JolyonMaugham Joanna Cherry calls on Boris Johnson to resign.
This from Bercow, which suggests how parliament will reconvene
Westminster leaders of Plaid, the SNP and the Greens outside the court
Crowds chant Gina Miller's name outside the court. "We are a nation governed by the rule of law," she says.
Hardly any of us can imagine the extent of the hate, threats, racism and bile aimed at Miller over the last few years and especially recent weeks. But in the face of all that she has fought for the things which one might rightly be proud of about this country, and won.
Corbyn at Labour conference. "I invite Boris Johnson to consider his position."
What you are seeing here is - and take a moment, because this sentence will be shocking - Britain working.
This is the country's constitutional framework holding firm against a dangerous executive. It is a powerful and genuinely marvellous thing to witness.
Please can someone make some kind of T-shirt turning Hale's brooch into a superhero motif. Thank you. I want it muchly.
Full text of the ruling here. This is a historic document. supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…
It's self-evident that Boris Johnson should resign.
Yes, yes, I know he won't. But his utter lack of shame is not a counter-argument to the moral reality of the situation. Quite the opposite. It is proof of it.
The reality is plain. A prime minister with no electoral mandate or majority tried to unlawfully suspend parliament.
If that sentence is true, and it is, then the prime minister should resign. It's as simple as that.
Order
"I welcome the judgement. That judgement is unanimous. That judgement is unambiguous. That judgement is unqualified."
He has instructed House authorities to prepare for the "resumption of the business of the House of Commons". Not the "recall", because suspension was unlawful and void.
Parliament will sit again from 11:30 tomorrow morning.
No PMQs but "full scope" for urgent questions, ministerial statements and applications for emergency debates under Standing Order 24. "The position is clear and unmistakable."
Tomorrow's going to be a fun day in the Commons lads.
Full report on today's Supreme Court ruling coming up.
We are witnessing something profound: the deep, system-level functioning of liberal democracy in response to an out-of-control executive.
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