# In Defense of an Independent Judiciary in Egypt **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 17, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-an-independent-judiciary-in-egypt/663732 "2013-07-17T05:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_H\_Singanas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@David\_H\_Singanas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_H_Singanas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-an-independent-judiciary-in-egypt/663732/1 "2013-07-17T05:54:27Z")
According to the Kirkpatrick/Fahim report [N.Y. Times 7-16-13] the Army plan is for a committee of 10 select jurists to emend the Morsi Constitution which will then be submitted to an appointed constituent assembly for review. The final “package” will then go to a national referendum. This is the military’s “transitional road map” and it leaves the fundamental legal questions up to the appointed committee and assembly members. I do not doubt the emended document will produce a division of powers between the President and the Legislative body. My concern is that the supreme court magistrates be selected for life. These judges should be 9 or 12 in number. One third should be Presidential appointments. One third should be Army selectees. And one third should be selected by a parliamentary judiciary committee for confirmation by national ballot. Why do I ask for this? Because the current government of the nearby Turkish Republic has deleted their army’s traditional role as the watchdog of secular democracy. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-an-independent-judiciary-in-egypt/663732/2 "2013-07-17T06:38:38Z")
😕 Is there any country which has such a mixed system?