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    1. ‘A Civil Rights Issue’: Groups Hope Courts Will Toss Out Canada's First-Past-the-Post Voting System

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      Article: https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/04/25/First-Past-The-Post-Civil-Rights-Issue/ (April 2019) Press release (October 9th, 2019) about the court filing: Court challenge against Canada’s unfair...

      Article: https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/04/25/First-Past-The-Post-Civil-Rights-Issue/ (April 2019)

      Press release (October 9th, 2019) about the court filing: Court challenge against Canada’s unfair voting system to be filed today

      Tweet confirming the filing: https://twitter.com/Challenge4FV/status/1181992387394113536

      (Sorry about the weird format but I couldn't find a recent news article and I wanted to provide more info than just the press release.)

      10 votes

    49. Proroging parliament was unlawful

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      The UK Supreme Court just ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful, which means it didn't happen. https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0193.html...

      The UK Supreme Court just ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful, which means it didn't happen.

      https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0193.html

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261

      This is a pretty big deal.

      It's hard to see how Johnson can continue as PM.

      28 votes