On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court issued its decision that the UK government may not initiate the withdrawal from the European Union as prescribed by Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union without an Act of the UK Parliament permitting the government to do so. The decision upholds an earlier High Court decision that the government does not the have power to give notice pursuant to Article 50. With regard to the devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, however, the Supreme Court found that consent from those governments is not required. In response, the Prime...