Bilingual Court Bill’s Kaput

A Supreme Court ruling likely dooms a Commons bill that would disqualify unilingual lawyers from appointment, analysts say. Legal scholars said the Nadon ruling makes it clear MPs cannot arbitrarily change the rules for Supreme Court nominees: “How can you have a federal institution that is not bilingual?”

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