Keen said it is for parliament and the executive to determine whether prorogation is proper, adding that if the court were to start ruling on prorogation, it would be entering "a minefield."
Early Thursday the court witnessed the spectacle of the current Prime Minister Johnson being taken to task by former Conservative prime minister John Major. Major moved into 10 Downing Street in 1990, succeeding Margaret Thatcher who had governed for 13 years.
In a written submission to the court, Major said Johnson's reasons for suspending the Parliament cannot be true.
Major said Johnson had ulterior motives for suspending Parliament.
He said if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Johnson it would risk allowing a prime minister to suspend parliament in future for any reason.
He said that in such circumstances, a prime minister opposed to a standing army could prorogue in order to disband the military, or suspend Parliament ahead of facing a vote of confidence vote.
The case ended up in the Supreme Court because the highest court in Scotland ruled that Johnson had acted unlawfully, while the High Court in England decided in favor of Johnson.
Critics both inside and outside of parliament also have contended that the shutdown was geared to stymie debate in parliament about Brexit.
Away from the court house, Johnson's insistence that Britain will leave the EU with or without a deal on Oct. 31 continued Thursday to dominate the Brexit skyline.
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