Full 15-justice panel to hear petitions against reasonableness law
The eight petitions that have been filed will be heard on September 12, Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut today announced.
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Protests escalate after ‘reasonableness’ law approved
Israeli demonstrators took to the streets around the country after the Knesset this afternoon approved the second and third readings of the law abolishing the reasonable standard in judicial review of decisions by elected…
Knesset enacts law to abolish reasonableness standard
The Knesset has approved the second and third readings of the law abolishing the reasonable standard in judicial review of decisions by elected officials and the government. The vote was 64 in favor and zero against, as…
Petitions ask Supreme Court to nix ‘reasonableness’ law
Moments after the Knesset enacted the law to abolish the reasonable standard in judicial review of decisions by elected officials and the government, three petitions were filed calling on the Supreme Court to intervene.…
Protestors gather as Knesset starts reasonableness bill debate
The struggle over the reasonableness standard applied by the judiciary to the executive branch of government reaches a peak today and tomorrow. Abolition of the standard is the government’s first step in its planned…
C’ttee passes ‘reasonableness bill’ for second, third reading
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, headed by MK Simcha Roth man (Religious Zionist Party) last night approved the reasonable standards bill, which if enacted would curb the Supreme Court's ability to…