The Judicial Selection Committee has not met for more than a year, and during this period, various positions held by judges have been vacated.
The proposal reportedly includes softening Knesset legislation, freezing reform of the Judicial Selection Committee, and requiring a seven out of nine majority on the committee for all appointments.
The reasonableness standard law, which is set to be deliberated on before the High Court of Justice next Tuesday, would reportedly be softened through a return to legislation.
The judiciary is set to suffer a shortage of 53 judges by the end of the year.
The justice minister said that the attorney general’s legal position was in extreme contradiction to that of the government.
LEGAL AFFAIRS: The judicial selection committee and the future of democracy in Israel.
The Supreme Court president is appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee but is typically done by seniority.
Levin said that he was only informed by Baharav-Miara in a Thursday phone call that she would represent him.
Following the national trauma caused by the passage of the reasonableness clause, can this country truly afford an even greater upheaval if the judicial selection process is changed?
MQG argued that alterations to the Judicial Selection Committee would allow Netanyahu to appoint justices and a High Court president who might preside over any criminal appeal.
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