The Constitutional Crisis behind Israel’s Showdown over Its Judiciary
If opponents of reform ceased their “panic-stricken keening,” they could articulate serious arguments.
January 12, 2023
The Constitutional Crisis behind Israel’s Showdown over Its Judiciary
If opponents of reform ceased their “panic-stricken keening,” they could articulate serious arguments.
Tensions are now high in Israel over the government’s efforts to pass legislation that would curb the power of the Supreme Court to strike down laws at will, and that would put the selection of new justices under the control of elected parliamentarians. To Haviv Rettig Gur, much of the Israeli left’s reaction to these proposals amounts to “panic-stricken keening,” yet he also urges the right to recognize that there are also more reasoned objections. At the heart of the conflict, in Gur’s reckoning, is a fundamental weakness in the Jewish state’s unwritten constitution:
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