Democracy Now!
"Egypt’s judiciary has joined mounting protests in the country against President
Mohamed Morsi’s decree last month seizing wide-ranging powers and immunity from
the courts. The country’s judges have refused to oversee the referendum on a
draft constitution scheduled in two weeks. Opposition groups had called for
protests against the referendum last week. The decision by the Judge’s Club
follows a confrontation between Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court and
Islamist supporters of President Morsi. On Sunday, the country’s highest court
suspended its sessions indefinitely after Islamist protesters surrounded the
building. We go to Cairo to speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel
Kouddous......"
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