Comments on: Sovereignty Act: Rubbish http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/11/sovereignty-act-rubbish.html Conservative Commentary Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: kris http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/11/sovereignty-act-rubbish.html/comment-page-1#comment-1080 kris Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:39:08 +0000 http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/11/sovereignty-act-rubbish.html#comment-1080 It's bad enough the Government is tinkering with the Constitution - but now the Opposition? Dominick Grieve knows better. Or at least he should. It’s bad enough the Government is tinkering with the Constitution – but now the Opposition?

Dominick Grieve knows better. Or at least he should.

]]> By: Richard http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/11/sovereignty-act-rubbish.html/comment-page-1#comment-1064 Richard Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:48 +0000 http://benjamin-gray.com/2009/11/sovereignty-act-rubbish.html#comment-1064 Also, ever since the Factortame case the ECJ and UK courts have said that in areas of Community competence, UK courts can overrule Acts or reinterpret them in line with EC law. So there are basically two classes of Act, those that are constitutional and those which are not and which can be overruled or reinterpreted. Unless the Sovereignty Act explicitly states that it has supremacy over the 1974 Communities Act, it will just get reinterpreted along with everything else. Also, ever since the Factortame case the ECJ and UK courts have said that in areas of Community competence, UK courts can overrule Acts or reinterpret them in line with EC law. So there are basically two classes of Act, those that are constitutional and those which are not and which can be overruled or reinterpreted. Unless the Sovereignty Act explicitly states that it has supremacy over the 1974 Communities Act, it will just get reinterpreted along with everything else.

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