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MK Simcha Rothman leads a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee discussion, June 25, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 4:50 pm
Knesset restarts judicial overhaul with bill to broadly outlaw ‘reasonableness’ test
Rothman says nixing court review of decisions by elected officials is ‘democratic;’ legal adviser warns bill is ‘too broad’ and opposition says it’s a pathway to ‘corruption’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
(L) MK Simcha Rotman at the Knesset on June 20, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) () Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a cabinet in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:44 am
Knesset committee to advance ‘reasonableness’ bill, limiting judicial review
Panel headed by far-right MK Rothman will discuss curtailing court’s ability to invalidate decisions made by PM, ministers, cabinet, elected officials
By ToI Staff
MK Simcha Rothman, head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 4:56 pm
Rothman readies bill to greatly limit judicial review for Knesset committee hearing
Amendment to Basic Law barring the use of ‘reasonableness’ expected to come before panel next week; MK Gideon Sa’ar calls wording ‘very, very extreme and very, very dangerous’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with the architects of the proposed judicial overhaul, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and MK Simcha Rothman (standing) in the Knesset on February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 6:02 am
Government gears up to advance smaller parts of overhaul after talks suspended
Coalition likely to push one bill restricting the High Court’s use of the reasonableness doctrine to review gov’t policy, and another curbing ministerial legal advisers’ powers
By Jeremy Sharon
File: Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 11:25 pm
Ex-chief justice backs partial curb on court oversight if rest of overhaul shelved
Aharon Barak says he’d support limit on ‘reasonableness’ doctrine ‘if it satisfies’ Justice Minister Levin; urges adding more judges, reforming prosecution instead of current plan
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
May 17, 2023, 10:48 pm
Opposition parties deny reports of progress in judicial overhaul negotiations
Yesh Atid, National Unity say significant gaps remain in talks between coalition and opposition, allege ‘false reports’ of advances based on politically motivated leaks
By Jeremy Sharon
Former Canadian justice minister and human rights advocate Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem, 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/ToI)
February 9, 2023, 4:01 am
Irwin Cotler: Passing judicial overhaul as is would make Israel a ‘flawed democracy’
Former Canadian justice minister says current proposals would ‘eviscerate judicial review,’ insists any reforms should be enacted in a ‘considered, consultative process’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut at a memorial service marking 22 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 1, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
January 30, 2023, 8:17 am
From a rogue MK to Haredi subsidies, 8 times High Court struck down laws, decisions
As the coalition moves to radically constrain the top court’s capacity to thwart legislation and decisions it considers undemocratic, here’s a look at some of its key interventions
By Jeremy Sharon
Shas leader Aryeh Deri, the Minister of Interior and Health, with supporters outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023, hours after the High Court said he cannot hold ministerial office. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 22, 2023, 5:33 am
Tragically, Deri’s ‘great revolution’ will continue even if he can’t outflank court
Shas leader is vowing to keep championing ‘the poorer echelons,’ but he and his ultra-Orthodox colleagues do the opposite — with calamitous consequences, as the PM well knows
By David Horovitz
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