The Court in Fernandez removed the judiciary from protecting the accused's rights, and I fear they may do it again; it may stem from a group of judges, some of whom predate World War II, that don't understand technology.
But disobeying a court order and then getting Congress to remove the head of the judiciary puts the constitution under the kind of stress that history suggests it cannot easily bear.Opinion polls indicate that Mr Aquino is hugely popular and that most Filipinos wanted Mr Corona dismissed.
The text of the Constitution does not require the act of state doctrine; it does not irrevocably remove from the judiciary the capacity to review the validity of foreign acts of state.
He Weifang, a liberal constitutional scholar at Beijing University, said the new changes should improve the review process, but argued that only deeper constitutional reform, to establish a more independent judiciary, could remove the political pressures that can seep into many high-profile death cases.
Although the appeals court did not give specifics for its decision, it is regarded as among Egypt's most rigorous and independent legal bodies and may have been eager to remove the stain on Egypt's judiciary after the spectacle of the first trial.
A disgraced barrister and part-time judge who lied to police investigating former cabinet minister Chris Huhne's speeding points scandal has been removed from the judiciary.
On Thursday a spokesman for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) said: "Following today's verdict at the central criminal court, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office will invite Ms Briscoe to make representations as to why she should not be removed from the judiciary.
Having been the first prime minster removed by the judiciary, this may perhaps be Pakistan's first "soft coup".
Crucially, an undeclared Gulenist network in the judiciary and the police helped the government to remove the military from politics.
Crucially, an undeclared Gulenist network in the judiciary and the police helped the government to remove the military from politics, our correspondent says.
