An Unreasonable Amendment - The Constitutional Capture in Israel
Gross, Aeyal
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2023
Verfassungsblog
2023-07-24
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Amidst massive protests taking place in Jerusalem and throughout the country, on July 24th the Knesset (Israeli parliament) passed Amendment Number 3 to Basic Law: The Judiciary, curtailing the power of Israel’s Supreme Court. The amendment determines that no court, including the Supreme Court seating as the High Court of Justice, may engage with and/or pass judgment on the reasonableness of any “decision” of the government, the prime minister, or any minister; nor may a court give an order on the said matter. The coalition government’s choice to go ahead with the legislation notwithstanding the internal and external pressures may now only deepen the multi-layered crisis the country has been in since January.
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Gross, Aeyal
Democratic Backsliding
Israeli Supreme Court
Knesset
Reasonableness
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