Coalition warned it has 'uphill battle' in high court over citizenship and postal vote

Constitutional law expert George Williams likens citizenship crisis to a ‘Pandora’s box’ that could claim up to ‘20 or more parliamentarians’

The government faces an “uphill battle” in major high court cases dealing with the same-sex marriage postal survey and the eligibility of seven parliamentarians on the current reading of the law, George Williams has warned.

In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, the constitutional law expert and University of NSW professor accused the government of “a surprising constitutional adventurism” in testing the limits of its power and relying on a “creative, quite liberal and generous reading of those powers” by the court.

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