Quoting from an April 16, 2005, Reuters news article about government crisis in Ecuador:
" The United States and the United Nations both expressed concern about government interference with the courts . . .".
The specific intereference that concerned the U. S. was President Lucio Gutierrez dismissing the Ecuadoran Supreme Court. This follows a previous December dismissal of the Supreme Court by their Congress.
Apparently, it is only acceptable for the Executive and Legislative branches of the United States government to run roughshod and dictate terms of conduct to the Judicial branch. Similar actions in other nations constitute a breach of the democratic process.
Hmmm . . . what's good for the goose is once again none of the gander's damn business.
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