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This week the government used secondary legislation, which is subject to less parliamentary scrutiny, to grant police the power. An attempt to include it as a late amendment to the recent Public Order Act 2023 failed to pass the Lords in January. Braverman told MPs on Wednesday the new powers would enable police to take quicker action against slow-walking protests and those that brought “chaos to the law-abiding majority”. But in its pre-action letter, the first step to a judicial review, Liberty said her move violated the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, because the measures had already been rejected by parliament. Katy Watts, a lawyer for the human rights organisation, said: “The home secretary has sidelined parliament to sneak in new legislation via the back door, despite not having the powers to do so. “This has been done deliberately in a way which enables the government to circumvent parliament – who voted these same proposals down just a few months ago – and is a flagrant breach of the separation of powers that exist in our constitution. “We’ve launched this legal action to ensure this overreach is checked, and that the government is not allowed to put itself above the law to do whatever it wants. It’s really important the government respects the law and that today’s decision is reversed immediately.” The Home Office confirmed it had received Liberty’s letter. A spokesperson said: “The right to protest is a fundamental part of our democracy but ...