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By: Law is Cool · September 2, 2008 · Filed Under Politics · 2 Comments
Christina Spencer of the Winnipeg Sun reports,
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper forces a federal election in the coming days, a law professor at the University of Ottawa may go to court to challenge the legality of the election call.
“This is not about politics, this is about the rule of law in this country,” Errol Mendes told Sun Media. “I spend my entire life in this profession to uphold the rule of law.”
Citing parliamentary “dysfunction,” the prime minister has said he might call an election. Mendes argues that wouldn’t be legal because the Conservatives introduced, and Parliament passed, a law that “fixes” the next election for Oct. 19, 2009.
h/t Vlad Glebov
