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First of all, EU directives do not supercede national constitutions and legislation. AFAIK, TEU does not vest unilateral and supranational police powers in EU gov. EU gov doesn't even possess tax authority! Memeber-states' legislatures voluntarily submit GDP proportional capital to each session. Reduction of or withholding budget subsidies and appointments to EU agencies by the EC may be "derogatory", but neither is a police action.
Second, national and EU jurisdictions are severable. The superior court of a member-state must invite ECJ review of disputed EU code in its jurisdiction before any member legislature even decides whether or not to conform the offending act(s) to ECJ opinion and orders. See Hungary, Poland, Romania [!].
Third, US-UK do not do international law. m'k. Fourth, the ECJ ruled Dec 2018 on lawful (Vienna) petition for delay of TEU A50 conclusion. Remember? Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
BoJo "in jail" is a UK domestic, criminal charge. Are you expecting Johnson to appeal a conviction to the ECHR before or after 31 Oct in order to further delay UK exit from the TEU? Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
If Johnson doesn't resign Parliament has a number of other options, including emergency legislation to work around the limitations of the Fixed Term Act.
Either way - unless Johnson goes full Pinochet and puts the army on the streets, this is already over.
What are the steps to imprison a sitting prime minister? Presumably a remoaner would apply to some (which?) court for an injunction on 21 October (the 20th a Sunday), then a judge would issue a summons on the 22nd? There would have to be some kind of a hearing, maybe a couple of days (23,24)? An appeal (25, 26)? Maybe on Monday 28 October BoJo is finally confronted with actually complying or going to jail. He goes to jail (29th), parliament agrees (?) Corbyn (!) to deliver the text to the EU (30), he shows up in Brussels on the 31st. EU waves magic wand and everything's good until January.
Very tight timeline.
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