Re:Facebook spooked after MPs seize documents for privacy br...
by dragonwriter on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:30AM
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> If you have a suspicion that a company is breaking the law, you ask a judge for permission to inspect them.
Uh, no. The only person the UK Parliament asks for permission for anything is the monarch, and that's almost entirely a formality.
And, absent a US-style Constitution, what is there to ask a court about? Whether the action sought by Parliament comports with the law, which is the expressed will of Parliament?
Uh, no. The only person the UK Parliament asks for permission for anything is the monarch, and that's almost entirely a formality.
And, absent a US-style Constitution, what is there to ask a court about? Whether the action sought by Parliament comports with the law, which is the expressed will of Parliament?