getting. the uk s highest court will announce the outcome of a case this morning, which could decide if there will be another independence referendum in scotland. five judges in the supreme court have been considering if the scottish parliament can pass a bill to hold a vote without the consent of westminster. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports. yes, we can. it s eight years since people in scotland voted on scottish independence. for eight years, the debate on the country s future has not gone away. the scottish government wants to hold a fresh vote. they have a pro independence majority in the parliament here in edinburgh and have named their preferred date as october the 19th of next year. their proposed question, should scotland be an independent country? judges in the highest civil court in the uk have been asked to rule on whether msps at holyrood can go ahead with this without westminster s backing. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we also have more than 8
the scottish government wants to hold a fresh vote. they have a pro independence majority in the parliament here in edinburgh and have named their preferred date as october the 19th of next year. their proposed question, should scotland be an independent country? judges in the highest civil court in the uk have been asked to rule on whether msps at holyrood can go ahead with this without westminster s backing. the hearing is the tip of the iceberg. we also have more than 8,000 pages of written material to consider. therefore, as is usual, it s likely to be some months before we give ourjudgment. butjust six weeks on, they are about to give their ruling. the five judges heard lawyers for the scottish government argue that because any referendum would be advisory, it could not in itself bring about scottish independence. lawyers for the uk government want the court to throw out the case and also argue an independence bill
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uniformed officer at the border patrol station as far as we can from the paperwork that nbc obtained, that girl s claim that she was exu sexually assaulted as far as we can from the written material obtained by nbc news that, girl s allegation was not investigated by any agency until nbc news obtained that report and started asking the federal government questions one of these lights for liberty protests is scheduled for the yuma border patrol facility tonight. late tonight we got a searing pool report. you know how pool reporting works in terms of the presidential and vice presidential visits. a pool reporter will be assigned to be the reporter of record when all the reporters can t go at once on the visit or on the event. that s being described