Judicial Selection Committee
High Court blasts Levin: 'No judges, we are releasing murder suspects'
The High Court sharply criticized Justice Minister Levin for failing to convene the Judicial Selection Committee, warning that Israel’s judicial system is facing a crisis due to vacant positions.
Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law
Israel has opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with return to war, former Mossad chief says
Ex-deputy chief justice: ICC, UN clapping over gov’t tearing down judicial independence
Elron asks to become Supreme Court president instead of Amit
The Supreme Court president is appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee but is typically done by seniority.
Levin: A-G 'trampling right of representation' at judge selection hearing
Levin said that he was only informed by Baharav-Miara in a Thursday phone call that she would represent him.
Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial
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?
Netanyahu violating conflict of interest over reform again - NGO to A-G
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.
After Netanyahu’s remarks, what’s left of the judicial reform? - analysis
The prime minister appeared to drop regulating legal advisers and restricting judicial review from the agenda.
PM seeks to calm markets in conversation with Bloomberg
Netanyahu dismissed fears of civil war and offered a hopeful message that the opposing sides “will mesh.”
Is Israel's new judicial reform law leverage for Netanyahu? - analysis
The prime minister sends a message that the coalition doesn't need the opposition to negotiate to advance its judicial agenda.
High Court hearing on Judicial Selection Committee set for September
The petitioners argued that Levin was abusing his role as justice minister to further political considerations.
What is the next stage of the Israeli government's judicial reform?
The next bill that the coalition will likely promote is on the Judicial Selection Committee, perhaps the most contentious issue of judicial reform.
Yesh Atid petitions High Court to convene Judicial Selection Committee
The altering of the Judicial Selection Committee has been a key component of the judicial reform from the outset.
