Egypt's Draft Constitution

The Egyptian Constituent Assembly released its draft constitution early Friday.  Here are a few resources:

• The Egypt Independent posted an English translation.
• The BBC has a useful side-by-side comparison of the proposed constitution and the earlier, suspended 1971 constitution.
• Human Rights Watch posted a human rights analysis of key provisions.
• The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Lede blog at the NYT, the Washington Post, and AlJazeera all have reports on developments, including protests against the draft.

The Supreme Constitutional Court is scheduled to take up the legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly on Sunday, although the Court might punt on that question while other tribunals rule on the legality of President Morsi's decree shielding his own decisions and decisions of the Assembly from the judiciary.  If Mosri's decree is unconstitutional, then the Court could take up the legitimacy of the Assembly.  In the meantime, President Morsi vowed to put the draft to a vote.

SDS