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We'll hear at noon if Court of Session decides to issue an order making Boris Johnson liable for 'frustrating' Benn Act

Order could bar him from:

* Sending 2nd letter telling EU to ignore request

* Delaying sending letter

* Encouraging other member states to veto extension
If Boris Johnson was to ignore such an order, he could ultimately be held to be criminally liable and face proceedings for contempt of court or misconduct in a public office
Decision likely to be appealed by whoever loses at Inner Court

There's also a petition for the court *itself* to sign and sent A50 extension letter in event Johnson refuses

Petition calls for the court to exercise nobile officium - where the court itself offers legal remedy
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The Government has published the legal position on its new deal as part of its bid to win over Eurosceptic MPs

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It seems to me that there's something quite primitive going on here. People are starting to treat the law with a kind of mysticism, and judges as a kind of magus.
It's just a law. It sets out the conditions that bring the law into effect, and the action that has to follow.
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The only objection Boris Johnson has to the Benn Act is that the government did not commission it. In his head, that undermines its authority.

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Today’s announcement that Boris Johnson *will* comply with Benn act by requesting A50 extension completes an elaborate kabuki performance aimed at Tory Brexiters & Brexit Party voters to signal:
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