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'Brexit' May Stall, May Need to Get Parliament Approval on E.U. Exit Plan

<p>Britain has to jump another hurdle to complete the Brexit&period; On Thursday&comma; a senior court ruled that the Prime Minister Theresa May has to get Parliament&rsquo&semi;s approval on the country&rsquo&semi;s E&period;U&period; exit plan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The surprise decision introduced new uncertainty to a process already fraught with complication and threatened to derail May&rsquo&semi;s timetable of triggering Article 50&comma; the never-before-used mechanism for exiting the E&period;U&period;&comma; by the end of March&period;&comma;&rdquo&semi; write The Washington Post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prime Minister May will have to have a new election next year to get the mandate approved to start the E&period;U&period; divorce planning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is just another attempt to postponed the Brexit&period; Supporters of leaving the E&period;U&period; are irritated that this matter wasn&rsquo&semi;t settle after the June referendum&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>52&percnt; of votes were in favor of leaving the E&period;U&period; When May took office in July&comma; she announced that the government would invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union&comma; the official procedure for withdrawing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; those in support of Britain staying in the E&period;U&period; are optimistic about this and are hoping that the Brexit gets postponed&period; Due to the number of members in Parliament who are pro-E&period;U&period;&comma; the politicians are still clashing over this&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May&rsquo&semi;s office stated it was &ldquo&semi;disappointed&rdquo&semi; in the ruling and would appeal to the Supreme Court&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Luckily&comma; pro-E&period;U&period; lawmakers are not likely going to go against the majority of the voter&&num;8217&semi;s will and go against the official decision to exit&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; these politicians are just making it as hard for May as possible&period; Formerly&comma; May was going to trigger the exit plan on her own&comma; without the Parliament&&num;8217&semi;s input&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Thursday&rsquo&semi;s decision instantly threw that plan into disarray&period; A three-judge panel representing England and Wales dismissed government lawyers&rsquo&semi; arguments that May has the executive power necessary to launch Brexit talks on her own and sided with a group of plaintiffs who contended that Parliament must weigh in first&comma;&&num;8221&semi; writes The Washington Post&period; &nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;The most fundamental rule of the U&period;K&period;&rsquo&semi;s constitution is that Parliament is sovereign and can make and unmake any law it chooses&comma;&rdquo&semi; the judges wrote&period; &ldquo&semi;As an aspect of the sovereignty of Parliament it has been established for hundreds of years that the Crown &mdash&semi; i&period;e&period; the Government of the day &mdash&semi; cannot by exercise of prerogative powers override legislation enacted by Parliament&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This decision&comma; as a betrayal of what the public wants&comma; has created an uproar from voters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I now fear every attempt will be made to block or delay triggering Article 50&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Nigel Farage&comma; a longtime Brexit champion in a Tweet&period; &ldquo&semi;They have no idea the level of public anger they will provoke&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the ruling doesn&&num;8217&semi;t get overturned or appealed&comma; it will be difficult for the country to pass legislation pertaining to Britain&&num;8217&semi;s departure from E&period;U&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the referendum vote&comma; Britain has been heavily criticized by American democrats&period; Obama said the country would be moved to the&nbsp&semi;&&num;8220&semi;back of the queue&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;on trade deals&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s Note&colon;<&sol;strong> The last thing Britain needs is a divide before it parts from the E&period;U&period; The pro E&period;U politicians should definitely be concerned&comma; since they are in jeopardy of losing the public&&num;8217&semi;s support&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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