Allawi's party is not included in the new government, and the more moderate Shiites and Sunnis, who don't want to be governed by clerics of either sect, worry that a conservative and divisive vision of Islam will dominate the constitution.
The legal philosophy of Edwin Meese III, which promoted an "originalist" view of the Constitution, dominated Reagan's second term.
Photograph from La Lumiere School / AP The legal philosophy of Edwin Meese III, which promoted an "originalist" view of the Constitution, dominated Reagan's second term.
The threat of electoral defeat has even made some liberals sympathetic to the military's attempt to dominate the constitution-writing process.
Things are also going well because while Americans are making most of the decisions about how Iraq is run now, they are not dominating the constitution-writing process.
Though the proposed declaration might protect liberals from an Islamist-dominated constitution, it could also limit democracy by shielding the military from full civilian control.
But Morsi's popularity proved short-lived as he granted himself sweeping powers and drafted a controversial Islamist-dominated constitution.
A series of decision points will soon tell whether Burma means business: Will the military-dominated Constitution be liberalized to allow more inclusion?
The court appeared to accept the legitimacy of the Constitution itself, though the ruling is likely to strengthen the arguments of those who say that Islamists dominated the constitutional process and ignored the views of many Egyptians.
This highly formalistic and institutional approach, which focused on constitutions, dominated American political science until World War II.
The decrees prevent the courts from attempting to dissolve the upper house of parliament or the constituent assembly which is drawing up the country's new constitution, both dominated by his Islamist allies.
