Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President was forced to flee from the Presidential palace yesterday, as thousands of demonstrators battled with police in the area. A deepening crisis in political legitimacy, triggered by a power grab under which Morsi reserved for himself sweeping powers and exacerbated by the rushed approval of a draft constitution by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly, has brought together a broad alliance of young liberals, judges, human rights groups, and Mubarak loyalists in opposition to Morsi. Protesters walked six-and-a-half miles between Tahrir Square and the palace, highlighting the extent of the public dissatisfaction and endangering Morsi’s efforts to position himself as a reliable statesman.