This specific amendment is not a limitation placed upon the judiciary’s power of review over acts of the executive. It is indeed the uprooting of this power.
Justice Yitzhak Amit said that democracy doesn’t usually die all at once, “democracy dies in small steps.”
Some 37% of the poll's respondents said that the High Court should dismiss the petitions as opposed to 34% who said it should strike down the law.
Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.
Should the parties to the litigation challenging the reasonableness standard law agree to a split in the application of the standard of review of reasonableness? If not, should the court impose one?
Amir Ohana warned that a ruling to strike down a basic law would be "against the Knesset and Israeli democracy."
In light of the fact that the judicial system is all anybody here can talk about these days, let’s take a look at some legal terminology and see what the words actually mean where they’re from.
The report alleged that Justice Minister Yariv Levin had criticized Kohelet for opposing current legislative activities.
High Court President Esther Hayut, Vice President Uzi Vogelman, and Justice Yitzhak Amit will preside over the hearing in which arguments will be made about the Basic Law: The Government amendment.
The High Court rejected Zena's petition demanding a conditional order against the Justice Ministry and civil service for an explanation for his termination.