Judges in the Egyptian city of Alexandria have decided to go on strike in protest at a decree issued by President Mohammed Mursi which shields his decisions from judicial review.
The judges' club in Alexandria said work would be suspended in all courts and prosecution offices until the decree was reversed
Last night, angry youths hurled rocks at security forces and burned a police truck protesting over Egyptian President's decision to grab sweeping new powers.
Police fired tear gas near Tahrir Square, heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak at the height of the Arab Spring.
There were also violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez.
In Alexandria, north of Cairo, protesters ransacked an office of the Brotherhood's political party, burning books and chairs in the street.
Supporters of President Mursi and opponents clashed elsewhere in the city, leaving 12 injured.
A party building was attacked by stone-throwing protesters in Port Said, and demonstrators in Suez threw petrol bombs that burned banners outside the party building.
Thousands demanded that Mr Mursi should quit and accused him of launching a "coup".
President Mursi last Thursday issued a decree that puts his decisions beyond any legal challenge until a new parliament is elected.
Opponents immediately accused him of turning into a new Mubarak and hijacking the Egyptian revolution.
The US, the EU and the United Nations expressed concern at Mursi's move.
President Mursi's rivals condemned him as an autocratic pharaoh who wanted to impose his Islamist vision on Egypt.
The president's aides said the decree was intended to speed up a protracted transition to democracy that has been hindered by legal obstacles
"I am for all Egyptians," Mr Mursi said on a stage outside the presidential palace, adding that he was working for social and economic stability and remained committed to the revolution.
Judges meeting today
Egyptian judges are meeting to respond to the president's move, which put him above the judicial oversight.
The judges could threaten to go on strike, which would bring the judiciary to a halt.
Some non-Islamist political parties called for a million-strong march next Tuesday to demand that Mursi rescinds his decree.
But Islamist parties, including the Building and Development Party, accused Mursi's opponents of undermining the democratic process that brought him to office.
President Mursi on Thursday ordered that an Islamist-dominated assembly writing the new constitution could not be dissolved by legal challenges.
Mr Mursi, an Islamist whose roots are in the Muslim Brotherhood, also gave himself wide powers that allowed him to sack the unpopular public prosecutor and opened the door for a retrial for Mubarak and his aides.
Although Washington has praised Egypt for its part in bringing Israelis and Palestinians to a ceasefire on Wednesday, it expressed reservations about Mursi's latest move.
The EU urged President Mursi to respect the democratic process, while the United Nations expressed fears about human rights.
Almost two years after Mubarak was toppled and about five months since Mr Mursi took office, Egypt has no permanent constitution, which must be in place before new parliamentary elections are held.
An assembly drawing up the constitution has yet to complete its work.
Many liberals, Christians and others have walked out accusing the Islamists who dominate it of ignoring their voices over the extent that Islam should be enshrined in the new state.
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