The overwhelming majority supporting the court’s bold and potentially perilous intervention in the Basic Law underscores a shared perspective among the judges appointed to the Supreme Court.
MK Tally Gotliv sharply attacked the judges who intended to vote in favor of rejecting the reasonableness law, and claimed that she knows who leaked the draft.
When every day soldiers are dying and fighting side by side – Rightists and Leftists, secular and religious – the last thing the country needs is a reignition of old divisions.
The High Court struck down a basic law for the first time, essentially killing the main achievement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed 2023 judicial reform.
Members of Shas, Likud, and Yesh Atid have all voiced opinions on the High Court of Justice striking down the landmark judicial reform law.
The High Court judges ruled in an 8-7 vote to strike down the landmark judicial reform law, and also approved its own power to strike down basic laws as a general matter by a vote of 12-3.
National Unity Party MK Gideon Sa'ar announced that he would oppose any attempt to pass such a law.
The Supreme Court responded to N12 reporter Amit Segal's report, stating that it views any leaks of the ruling with "great severity," adding that the verdict has not yet been finalized.
What if Justice Minister Yariv Levin had said in July what his private lawyer wrote to the High Court of Justice on Monday—that he intends to convene the Judicial Selection Committee within 15 days?
LEGAL AFFAIRS: These laws are changing the way that Israel's government is functioning, and can alter the future of the nation.
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