Judgement on indyref2 court case 'requires time' - BBC News
Supreme Court judges hear legal arguments on whether the Scottish government can hold a second independence referendum.
It will be a while before there is a result - the judges warned they may need “some months” to chew things over.

Court President Lord Reed noted that the arguments heard in court were “the tip of the iceberg”, with thousands of pages of written material to wade through.

There are three potential outcomes:
• MSPs have the power to pass an independence referendum bill
• they are specifically barred from it
• the court decides it would be premature to decide.

The Scottish government is confident that, regardless of the outcome, it will move the issue on a bit.

If they win, they will move to get the bill through Holyrood swiftly. But they will also use it as a lever to try to box the UK government into signing up to the contest.

If they lose, Scottish ministers will still look to exert pressure - but this time via the public, by arguing that the existing setup blocks Scottish democracy at every turn.

They hope the perceived unfairness of this will prompt a wave of support - which in itself may force UK ministers to engage, or risk the wrath of the electorate.

Whatever happens, the debate over Scotland's future is far from over.