Alex Salmond provokes fury with attack on UK supreme court
First minister and justice secretary Kenny MacAskill accuse
court of 'intervening aggressively' in Scottish legal system
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond Scotland's first minister
Alex Salmond has launched a scathing attack on the supreme court
and its judges. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA  Alex Salmond has
provoked a furious row with senior legal figures after launching
a series of attacks on the authority of the UK supreme court and
the competence of its two Scottish judges.  The first minister
and his justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, accused the court of
"intervening aggressively" in Scotland's independent legal
system after it ruled that the Scottish system had twice
breached the European convention on human rights in significant
criminal cases.  The Scottish cabinet decided on Monday to set
up an expert legal group to urgently consider how Salmond's
government can block the supreme court from its oversight of
criminal cases.  At the same t