Egypt’s top court has blocked Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s order for the country’s parliament to reconvene. On Tuesday, the Supreme Constitutional Court affirmed a previous decision to declare the parliament unconstitutional, a ruling that prompted Egypt’s military rulers to dissolve the parliament last month. The ruling came hours after Egypt’s parliament defiantly convened a brief session and approved a measure to seek legal advice on how to respond to the court’s ruling. After the latest decision was handed down, thousands of Morsi supporters gathered outside parliament and in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Mohamed Salah: “The constitution is made for Egyptian people. If there is no Egyptian people, it will be no court. So I think the court should respect the opinion of Egyptian people, because these people, they come — in the parliament, come from us. We voted for them.”