The constitution adopted in 2014, like the constitution drafted under Morsi, is based on the [[Egyptian Constitution of 1971]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/what-egypt-proposed-new-constitution-201411312385987166.html |title=What's in Egypt's proposed new constitution? |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=14 January 2014 |access-date=20 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122010013/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/what-egypt-proposed-new-constitution-201411312385987166.html |archive-date=22 January 2014 }}</ref>
The 2014 constitution sets up a president and parliament.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25796110|title=BBC News – Egypt referendum: '98% back new constitution'|publisher=BBC|date=18 January 2014|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> The president is elected to a four-year term and may serve 2two terms.<ref name="BBC"/> The parliament may impeach the president.<ref name="BBC"/> Under the constitution, there is a guarantee of equality between the sexes and an absolute freedom of belief, but Islam is the state religion.<ref name="BBC"/> The military retains the ability to appoint the national Minister of Defense for the next 8 years.<ref name="BBC"/> Under the constitution, political parties may not be based on "religion, race, gender or geography";<ref name="BBC"/> the law regarding Egyptian political parties that regulated the [[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election|2011-2012 parliamentary elections]] included a similar clause prohibiting religious parties, though it was not enforced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/egyptsource/political-islam-s-fate-in-egypt-lies-in-the-hands-of-the-courts|title=Political Islam’s Fate in Egypt Lies in the Hands of the Courts|last=Yussef Auf|date=25 November 2014|work=Atlantic Council|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> The document, whilst it does proclaim an absolute [[Human rights in Egypt|freedom of expression]], that freedom is often subject to exceptions leading to legal consequences often targeting public supporters of the [[LGBT rights in Egypt|LGBT community]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-17|title=Cairo Court Sentences Talk Show Host Ahmed Moussa To Prison {{!}} Egyptian Streets|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2015/03/17/cairo-court-sentences-talk-show-host-ahmed-moussa-to-prison/|access-date=2021-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-03|title=Egyptian TV Presenter Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison on Charges of 'Outraging Public Decency' {{!}} Egyptian Streets|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/11/03/egyptian-tv-presenter-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-on-charges-of-outraging-public-decency/|access-date=2021-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="NYT17Jan">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/world/middleeast/egypt-constitution-nears-passage-as-authorities-step-up-crackdown-.html?_r=0|title=Egypt's Crackdown Belies Constitution as It Nears Approval|first=David|last=Kirkpatrick|date=17 January 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> The constitution protects texts pertaining to presidency terms, freedoms and equality from being amended in an [[entrenched clause]] in article 226, except with more guarantees.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Constitution of Egypt|pages=62}}</ref>
