Supreme Court Justice Withdraws From Bill 21 Challenge After Quebec Complains

A Supreme Court of Canada justice says he will not participate in deliberations about whether the high court will hear an appeal to Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. Justice Mahmud Jamal says in a letter issued on July 9 by the court registrar that while there’s no legal basis for him to recuse himself, he has decided to withdraw to avoid being a distraction. Last week, Quebec’s attorney general and other groups called on Justice Jamal to step away from the case because he served as chairman of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s board of directors when the group challenged Bill 21 in Superior Court in 2019....