Tag: Israeli Supreme Court
Rothman to High Court: No right to interfere in legislative process
A tense exchange took place between Israel's High Court of Justice and member of Knesset Simcha Rothman during Tuesday's hearing on the “reasonableness law" as the latter told the court it had no right to intervene in...
Supreme Court hearing on ‘reasonableness’ law kicks off
Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, convened on Tuesday to consider petitions against the so-called "reasonableness" law, an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary passed by the Knesset in July.
The hearing,...
‘Don’t trample our vote’: Reform supporters rally in Jerusalem
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday evening to demonstrate in favor of judicial reform.
Protesters voiced opposition to the court's decision to weigh in on legislation related...
Justice Elron launches bid for Supreme Court presidency
In an unprecedented move, conservative Israeli Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron on Wednesday declared his intention to run for the position of chief justice. The current chief justice, Esther Hayut, retires in mid-October.
"I hereby...
Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence.
“There won’t be civil war. I guarantee you that,”...
In first, all 15 justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’
All 15 justices of Israel's Supreme Court will hear the petitions asking them to cancel the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset passed last week, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced on Monday.
The hearing is...
Supreme Court to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’
Israel's Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions against the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset enacted this week, with a court date set for September, according to the NGO Movement for Quality Government in...
High Court justices cut trip short to study petitions against reform law
Several Israeli Supreme Court Justices visiting Germany cut their trip short and are returning to Jerusalem to study petitions opposition groups filed against the “reasonableness law” the Knesset passed on Monday.
All 64 members of...
Long-overdue judicial reform process finally underway
Amid the largest and most well-funded protest movement in Israel’s history, the democratically elected governing coalition passed the first reform in a historic process aimed at bringing Israel’s activist Supreme Court in line with the judicial...
The showdown in Israel continues as judicial reform advances
Israel’s Supreme Court is either under attack or undergoing necessary reform, depending on who you ask.
While there is talk of shelving the larger judicial reform package originally proposed by the government, a bill seeking...