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Lord Howard has said it has said a "significant increase" in The Power of The Judge

Former Tory leader Michael Howard judge, sometimes "distorted" The Law they are interpreting "to the result you want to achieve".

Mr Howard, a former lawyer, criticized the Supreme court.

On Friday, the Supreme court, President, Lady Hale , vagina, insisted that The Judge was not "motivated politically".

But Lord Howard in the question of whether or not elected judges to be law,.

The Conservative Manifesto promised a Review of the "relationship between the government, the Parliament and the courts", and The Queen 's Speech included plans for a "Constitution, democracy and the Human Rights Commission".

In an interview with BBC Radio 4 's Today programme, Lord Howard said there had been "a significant increase in The Power of The Judge at the expense of the Parliament and the government in fact".

He said this was partly due to the expansion of judicial Review -where a judge reviews the legality of the decision, by a government or other public legal authority.

There was also: "you have been invited to Review the Parliament under the Human Rights Act, in the political arena, in order to, for example, whether the measures taken by the Parliament, were a particular problem relative to the objectives you wanted to achieve," he said.

"Sometimes, in order to achieve the result you want to achieve, you. distort the meaning of The Act of Parliament of which you interpret," he added.

Lord Howard, the judgment of the Supreme court, criticized, delivered by Lady Hale , that Mr Johnson was the decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks, was unlawful, because it prevents members of Parliament from carrying out his duties without reasonable justification.

Asked whether he felt that the decision was a political act, he replied: "I think that The Judge be replaced, increasingly, their own ideas of what is right for The View of the Parliament and of the Council of Ministers. "

Lady Hale is officially retired from office next month,

The government has refused to rule out changes to the way appointed judge in the court.

The Prime Minister has just indicated, US-style confirmation hearings for judges of the Supreme court, suggesting they should be subject to "a form of accountability".

the UK Supreme Court, judges are appointed, the legal advice of experts, whereas in the United States, The President may appoint.

Lady Hale has warned against any attempt to "politicize" the judiciary.

"We don't want to politicize, we decide on political questions, we decide legal questions. In any case, the Parliament always has the Last Word ," she told the Today programme on Friday.

"I very much hope that we are never in a situation where the policy of The Judge - if he or she has no policy, whether or not you deserve the appointment of judges at each level of The System . "

"We are not politically motivated. I don't know the political opinions of my colleagues, and you don't know me, and may it stay that way for long," she added.

In a speech on the occasion of her retirement earlier this month, where the politicians choose the judges.

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