US EditionLabour MPs tell Starmer to curb ECHR powers in UK courts
- Tory MPs have urged the Defence Secretary to create an exemption from the European Convention on Human Rights for British troops sent to Ukraine due to concerns about potential legal challenges under human rights legislation.
- Keir Starmer is attempting to form an international coalition for peacekeeping in Ukraine, with the need for US support being acknowledged.
- Former Tory cabinet minister David Davis emphasized the government's duty of care towards soldiers facing legal issues after serving in combat roles.
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Starmer under pressure to curb laws that block deportation of foreign crooks
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to attend the House of Commons to make a statement on Ukraine Summit, in London, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)w SIR Keir Starmer is under pressure from his own MPs to curb human rights laws that block the deportation of foreign crooks and failed asylum seekers. Red Wall backbenchers want limits on how Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights — the right to…
George Will: Congress needs a Supreme Court jolt to rein in a rampant presidency
A Madisonian moment has arrived. Power vested in the judiciary by the Constitution’s Article III might yet prod Congress into exercising its atrophied Article I powers to restrain today’s rampant presidency, whose Article II powers can only be checked by the courts, and by a Congress reinvigorated by the courts. George Will /Washington Post This process might advance Wednesday when the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the constitutionalit…
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