Iraqi lawmakers are to debate the decision to allow hundreds of former Saddam loyalists to run in next month's general elections.
An emergency session was called off on Sunday, as MPs had not received the judicial report needed before starting the meeting.
An appeals panel overturned the ban on the former Baathists running for office on Wednesday. The ban was ordered by a commission that was set up in an attempt to ensure that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party won't return to public life.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government has called the ruling illegal.
People across Iraq have also held massive rallies in protest against the appeals panel's decision.
The US has defended the lifting of the ban on former Baathists. General elections in Iraq will be held on March 7th.
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