President Morsi of Egypt has also faced his own crisis in the historical entanglement of Egypt's constitutional authoritarianism and the temptations of a presidential Napoleon at a time of constitutional flux. The Head of State attempted to decree that his post and the constitutional convention was no longer subject to the remit of the existing judiciary. This may have been motivated by the Muslim Brotherhood's desire to remould Egypt in an Islamist direction without weaving through the niceties of an ancien regime brake.
Morsi's actions were perceived as an attempt to smash constitutional checks and balances, instituting a new untramelled power. And in their taste for dissent, the Egyptian opposition took to the streets in protest. The symbols of the Arab Spring have not been appropriated by the Muslim Brotherhood government and they do not feel confident to crush such opposition.
Faced with the dilemma of a Muslim Brother 'million man march' and opposition demonstrations, the elites have rapidly (and publicly) demonstrated a compromise. The meeting of Morsi and judges was televised; the compromise clearly agreed to by all parties. Hotheads call for a second revolution; but this crisis clearly demonstrates that the first is navigating its way through an Islamist government, too weak to dominate and an ancien regime that is valued by the democrats as a valuable bulwark to the Muslim Brotherhood.