Quebec court asked to compel an oath to the King from new legislators

Lawyers are seeking an emergency order from Quebec Superior Court that would require newly elected members of the provincial legislature to swear an oath of allegiance to the King, Global News reports. The request asks the court to enforce a formality that sits oddly in a province with a long, uneasy relationship to the Crown — and it does so with the urgency of an injunction rather than the slow grind of a constitutional reference. Whether a swearing-in ritual is something a court can compel on an emergency timetable is now the question in front of a judge.