U.K. Government Says Brexit Lawsuit Seeks to Invalidate Vote
- Court risks interfering with Parliament, government says
- Attorney general speaks on second day of London court hearing
The Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament.
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s top legal adviser told a London court that a lawsuit seeking to force a vote in Parliament before triggering Britain’s exit from the European Union is little more than an attempt to overturn the results of the June 23 referendum.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright said that the challenge at its most basic level amounts to interference with democracy. Lawyers representing the claimants said Friday that May’s bid to trigger Brexit on her own would amount to an unconstitutional power grab that tramples upon centuries of legal precedent.