WHEN the High Court rejected the Government’s arguments on triggering Article 50 last month, Brexit supporters erupted with righteous indignation.

Here was another heinous example of the liberal elite attempting to usurp the will of the people, they said. The High Court judges were “enemies of the people”, according to one excitable newspaper. Their names and private lives were sifted through as though they were common criminals and no insult was considered too low for the tabloids. The judges themselves were unable to answer back.

Brexit critics failed to see the irony in their anger at a judgement taken by the British judiciary about a European problem.

This week it is the turn of the Supreme Court to weigh up the arguments and decide whether or not the Government can use Royal prerogative to begin the process of leaving the EU without consulting parliament first.

In a pointed reminder of what has gone before, Lord Neuberger, the court president, banned the disclosure of the addresses of the justices taking part. Depressingly, some have already received threats.

This legal challenge is not an attempt to overturn the EU Referendum result or to circumvent the ‘will of the people’ (or at least the 52 per cent majority who opted to leave). It is about the manner of our leaving and the legal process that must be followed.

Anyone tuning in to watch yesterday’s proceedings hoping for fireworks will have been disappointed. The battle over Brexit isn’t a fictional melodrama like Game of Thrones.

When trust in politicians is at an all-time low, it is comforting to know the judiciary is there to provide scrutiny.

The 11 justices sitting in judgement at the Supreme Court are not the enemies of the people.

They are the ultimate guarantors of justice and we should welcome their deliberations.