The executive and the Judiciary 100

What has the judiciary become

a major check on the power of the executive branch

What are the courts able to issue?

Ultra vires rulings

What 3 rulings have served as significant brakes on the executive

Article 50

Prorogation

Rwanda Bill

What was executive influence reduced by?

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

What did the Lord chancellor used to do?

oversee judicial appointments on behalf of the PM

Now who are supreme court appointments overseen by

Independent selection panels

Who are other judges appointed by?

Judicial appointments commission

What can the Executive still do?

Sidestep court decisions

How does parliamentary sovereignty help the executive

it can pass statute law that overrides court rulings

What was the example in 2010

Brown Government passed the Terrorist Asset Freezing Act to overrule supreme court rulings in HM Treasury V Ahmed

What was the example for 2024?

Rishi sunak passing the Safety of Rwanda Act after Supreme court ruled that Rwanda was unsafe

What executive influence has not been removed entirely?

executive influence on the appointment process

What did Lizz Truss do

Convince the judicial appointments commission to change the upper age limit for the Lord chief Justice position

Why did Truss do this?

to prevent the nomination of Sir Brain Leveson who was an outspoken critic of the government

Under the constitutional reform act what can the Lord chancellor still do?

veto supreme court nominations, although this has not happened yet