STOP THE GOVT'S ATTEMPT TO CREATE A LAW THAT ALLOWS MINISTERS TO CANCEL JUDGES RULINGS

STOP THE GOVT'S ATTEMPT TO CREATE A LAW THAT ALLOWS MINISTERS TO CANCEL JUDGES RULINGS

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7 December 2021
Signatures: 109,522Next Goal: 150,000
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Why this petition matters

Boris Johnson is attempting to curb the neutral powers of the courts when they make decisions that the government does not like. In effect, this means that a government minister can manipulate the law to serve their political agenda, without being challenged at all. This is not democracy and in the face of countless cases of the Govt clearly acting as they wish with no accountability, the idea of this becoming law could have horrific implications.

This is a quite from an article in the Sunday Times ... 

"Downing Street is to begin a fresh war with judges, over a plan to let ministers throw out any legal rulings they (the ministers) don't like. 

Boris Johnson wants to curtail the power of the courts to overrule decisions by ministers through the process of judicial review. (This was after clashes between the Justices and the Govt over Brexit where the Govt didn't get its way.) 

The Prime Minister has ordered Dominic Raab, The Justice Secretary, to toughen powers to reform judges powers to rule on the legality of ministers decisions. 

An option is for MP's to pass an annual "Interpretation Bill" to strike out findings from judicial reviews with which the government does not agree. 

 

This petition is to ensure that this does not happen and that the "Interpretation Bill" never comes into law. Please consider the possibilities that an unaccountable government that has constantly shown contempt for the people it represents would have access to, simply because a minister or prime minister does not like it when the law, our law, tells them "No". 

By signing this petition, at least we have a chance of stopping it and maintaining a level of "check" on this and every other Government. 

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