Police Block High Court Justices From Offices
Ecuadorean police barred Supreme Court justices from returning to their offices after they tried to defy a decision by Congress to fire them over accusations of bias against President Lucio Gutierrez.
Fifty-two members of Congress voted late Wednesday to replace all 31 justices in a session called by Gutierrez. The president said the judges favored opposition parties. Several justices, including Supreme Court President Hugo Quintana, holed up in their offices and left only after police fired tear gas at a few dozen anti-government protesters outside.
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