Egypt’s Top Court Joins Protesters in Test of Mursi’s Rule
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Egypt’s opposition resolved to stand firm against President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, in a showdown over his self-decreed powers that dragged the nation’s top court into the political struggle.
Amid renewed clashes between protesters and police in central Cairo, the Supreme Constitutional Court said it was “saddened” when Mursi joined in attacks on its justices. Maher Sami, the court’s deputy chief, denied allegations that it had been politically motivated when it ruled in June to invalidate the Islamist-dominated parliament’s lower house.