Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood goes down dictatorship path.

[BigRedChief]

Grant themselves sweeping powers and give the Islamist s the power to write the constitution. Riots break out in multiple cities.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11...#ixzz2DA59xzWv

CAIRO – Egypt's highest body of judges slammed on Saturday a recent decision by the president to grant himself near-absolute power, calling the move an "unprecedented assault" on the judiciary.

In a statement carried on Egypt's official MENA news agency, the Supreme Judicial Council condemned this week's declaration by President Mohammed Morsi placing his decrees above judicial review until a new constitution and parliament is in place, several months if not more in the future.
Their condemnation of the president's edicts are the latest blow to Morsi, whose decision Thursday set off a firestorm of controversy and prompted tens of thousands of people to take to the streets in nationwide protests Friday.
Through their statement, the judges join a widening list of leaders and activists from Egypt's political factions, including some Islamists, who have denounced the decree.

The Supreme Judicial Council is packed with judges appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak. It regulates judicial promotions and is chaired by the head of the Court of Cassation.

Their move reflects a broad sense of anger within the judiciary. Some judges' groups and prosecutors have already announced partial strikes to protest Morsi's decree.

Morsi has accused pro-Mubarak elements in the judiciary of blocking political progress. In the last year, courts have dissolved the lower house of parliament as well as the first panel drafting the constitution, both led by his Muslim Brotherhood group.

The edicts Morsi issued mean that no judicial body can dissolve the upper house of parliament or the current assembly writing the new constitution, which are also both led by the Brotherhood. Supporters of Morsi feared that court might in fact dissolve one of these bodies, further postponing Egypt's transition under the aegis of a new constitution.

They say Morsi has a mandate to guide this process as Egypt's first freely elected president, having defeated one of Mubarak's former prime ministers this summer in a closely contested election.

The judges' council's stand against the president sets the ground for an uneasy alliance between former regime officials and activist groups that helped topple Mubarak's regime and have in the past derided those officials as "felool," or remnants.

The presidents' opponents nonetheless see the judiciary as the only remaining civilian branch of government with a degree of independence, since Morsi already holds executive power and as well as legislative authority due to the dissolution of parliament.

The judges released their statement following an emergency meeting Saturday. They said Morsi's decision is an "unprecedented assault on the judiciary and it rulings" and called on the president to "distance himself from the declaration and all things that touch judicial authority, its specifications or interference in its members or its rulings."

[stevieray]

Prophecy being fulfilled.

[Direckshun]

Morsi just cancelled out his decree.

Egyptians are absolutely amazing.

Vote on the new Constitution will be up to a popular vote (I'm unfamiliar with how much support it needs to pass) in a week or so.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Prophecy being fulfilled.

Don't you have some spandex to iron?

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Don't you have some spandex to iron?

still got nothing, dave?

don't you have to take pictures of something with no purpose?

I gotta tell you lane, after ten years of having fun at games, only the most insecure guys can't handle it.

every.single.time.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by stevieray

still got nothing, dave?

don't you have to take pictures of something with no purpose?

I gotta tell you lane, after ten years of having fun at games, only the most insecure guys can't handle it.

every.single.time.

That playoff game in 2006 at Indy we had some dicey moments with the Colts fans.