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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
People who believe if you kill non-believers you get 60 virgins are about to get a nuclear bomb, so that may color some people's feeling.
Have you studied Paki constitutional law? Are there any differences between it and our's WRT powers of the several branches? What law school did you go to?
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There are two things I find particularly interesting about the Pakistani constitution. One is that it does indeed reflect a separation of powers concept - something quite rare in this world. The courts play a remarkably similar role to our own. The other is that it includes a concept of "Emergency Powers" (and, of course, we have such a concept, too, but it is unwritten and rarely invoked - cf. Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus and declaration of martial law - and seems to limit but not supercede judicial authority). Musharif is invoking his own constitutional power, and the question here really is when is it appropriate to declare an emergency - in this case, it is pretty clear that the threat he is protecting himself from is not the Islamic militants, but rather the judicial system's review of his own electoral shenanigans.
But, tell me, what is the neo-conservative position on Iraq and bringing Democracy to the Middle East these days? Seems like events in Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan belie a bit of the theory that got us in this mess.
