- W O W !
Military coup to uphold their Constitution, again W O W !!
Than can only come from the mouth of an old country lawyer!!!
"Honduras's Supreme Court gave the order for the military to detain the president, according to a former Supreme Court official who is in touch with the court.
Later, Honduras's Congress formally removed Mr. Zelaya from the presidency and named congressional leader Roberto Micheletti as his successor until the end of Mr. Zelaya's term in January. Mr. Micheletti and others said they were the defenders, not opponents, of democratic rule." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124619401378065339.html
"Today's events originate from a court order by a competent judge. The armed forces, in charge of supporting the constitution, acted to defend the state of law and have been forced to apply legal dispositions against those who have expressed themselves publicly and acted against the dispositions of the basic law," the country's highest court said."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/honduras/5677026/Honduras-supreme-court-ordered-army-coup.html
Technically, can that even be called a coup d'etat?
From the dictionary: " the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat
It would appear, from the reports, that the Honduran high court determined that Zelaya was an un Constitutional President and thus ordered their military to remove him. Their Congress then followed by "formally" removing him. In other words, two branches of their government ordered and backed the military action of enforcing the ruling. Not sure that that scenario qualifies as a 'military coup.'