He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
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Mr Mekki's resignation statement indicated he had no prior knowledge of the decree, which stripped the judiciary of powers to question the president's decisions.
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Recent legal reforms have taken all powers over the judiciary away from the other branches of government, save for setting and disbursing the courts' overall budget.
The remnants of the establishment, including the economically privileged military and the Mubarak-appointed judiciary, are flexing the powers they never gave up to make sure they remain in control.
The most serious, signed by more than 1, 500 prominent Saudis, including both liberals and Islamists, calls for 12 measures to turn the kingdom into constitutional monarchy, with powers balanced between an independent judiciary, an accountable executive and an elected parliament.
There is separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
Separation of powers and an active, independent judiciary invite challenges to decisions of officials in the executive branch, just as we scrutinize and challenge so many other institutions in our society.
Valerie Caproni, General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, complained to the House Judiciary Committee in February that her agency lacked powers to gather evidence on stalkers using peer-to-peer and social networks.
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He has since steadily trimmed the powers of both the army and the judiciary, most recently in a constitutional-reform package that was put to a popular referendum last September.
At the centre of this is a new constitution that would increase the state's role in the economy, strengthen the powers of the president, weaken the judiciary and give some indigenous communities greater autonomy.
President Chavez and his supporters have used their powers in a wide range of cases involving the judiciary, the media, and human rights defenders.
In a victory speech delivered from the balcony of the presidential palace flanked by the newly-elected Marisabel (in a scene eerily reminiscent of Argentina's Perons) Mr Chavez said that the new constitution would incorporate two powers in addition to the conventional executive, legislative and judiciary.
Under the Constitutional separation of powers, relief for the plaintiffs must come from Congress and not from the Judiciary.
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