What to Know About the U.K. Supreme Court’s Brexit Ruling

The Supreme Court - the final court of appeal for civil and criminal cases in the U.K. - determined on Tuesday that the British government will not be able to begin the process of taking Britain out of the European Union without the permission of Parliament. But what does all that actually mean?

What happened in the Supreme Court on Tuesday?

By a majority of 8 to 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot formally trigger the withdrawal of the U.K. from the E.U.