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Egyptian high court to rule on Islamist-dominated senate and constitution
Egypt’s top court was on Tuesday to rule whether Egypt’s Islamist-dominated Senate should be dissolved as well as on the validity of a panel that wrote the country’s controversial constitution. In advance of the landmark rulings, dozens staged a sit-in overnight outside the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on the banks…
Egypt court upholds dissolution of parliament
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court on Saturday rejected an appeal by Islamists demanding the reinstatement of parliament, saying it was no longer legal, according to a judicial source. “The parliament no longer exists legally since the June 14 ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC)” deeming it unconstitutional and ordering its…
President Morsi decree creates ‘political earthquake’ in Egypt
CAIRO — A decision by Egypt’s new president to reinstate parliament was a bold challenge to the military that dissolved the house, but some politicians slammed it as a constitutional coup that shows no regard for the judiciary or democracy. President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday issued a decree ordering the…
Mubarak resigns Egypt’s presidency
Update: Egypt’s military has dissolved the cabinet and sacked both houses of parliament, and will institute an interim government along with the head of the supreme constitutional court Egypt’s 30 years under President Hosni Mubarak ended to thunderous cries of revolution on Friday, after millions of pro-democracy protesters who’d occupied…
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