proroguies are tasty with sour cream

Here you go. I see the government’s court blogger is making an unaccustomed venture into arguments of constitutional law, asserting — unbidden by anyone at Langevin I’m sure (UPDATE: Stephen Taylor has sent me a good-natured note assuring me that his analysis is his alone; I’m happy to take him at his word) — that Prime Minister Harper has to prorogue if the promised Senate majority of bold Conservative stalwarts is to take the upper hand on committees against the old Senate majority of wheezy Liberal patronage hacks. And I must say, on the face of it there seems to be a case for this. Highlights from Part X (emphasis mine):