THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Toby Young) - Britain Is Bringing Back the Blasphemy Laws—and the Free Speech Union is Taking the Government to Court
The government is trying to make criticism of Islam illegal. The post Britain Is Bringing Back the Blasphemy Laws—and the Free Speech Union is Taking the Government to Court appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Britain Is Bringing Back the Blasphemy Laws—and the Free Speech Union is Taking the Government to Court The government is trying to make criticism of Islam illegal. UK Special Coverage I should explain, for American readers, what a judicial review is in the UK. It is not quite the same as suing the government, though it has a similar effect. It is a procedure by which the courts in England and Wales can examine whether a public body—a minister, a local authority, a regulator—has acted unlawfully. If the judges agree that it has, they can quash the decision. Think of it as the British equivalent of…Open