Israel’s government is continuing its attempts to “dismantle governing mechanisms” via its judicial reforms, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara cautioned at the retiring ceremony of Interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Uzi Vogelman in Jerusalem on Tuesday. One of the attempts to weaken the High Court was the year-long delay in appointing a permanent chief justice and … Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is in favor of an enforced code of ethics for the Supreme Court. Reuters Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson supported the idea of “an enforceable code” of ethics for Supreme Court justices as a general concept to promote ethical conduct and transparency among judges. She also expressed her concerns on … Read more
Conventional wisdom has it that within a week or two, Israel may find itself in an unprecedented constitutional crisis since – for close to a year – Israel’s Supreme Court has not had a permanent president from among its members. The last president, Esther Hayut, retired on October 16, 2023, after reaching the age … Read more
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) criticized the IDF on Thursday for allowing Brothers in Arms leader Lt.-Col. (res.) Ron Scherf to continue volunteering for reserve duty, after threatening to cease his service if the government passed its controversial judicial reform in 2023. The IDF’s spokesperson said following Chikli’s criticism that … Read more
Lawyers Daniel Hacklai and Idan Seger from the Constitutional Law and Human Rights Forum at the Israel Bar Association sent a letter on Tuesday night to the Attorney-General and Legal Adviser to the Government, Gali Bahrav-Miara, and the Legal Adviser of the Police, Deputy Superintendent Elazar Kahana, calling for an “urgent assessment of the … Read more
In the latest in an onslaught of scandals involving Yair Netanyahu and his security detail, a member of his security team was caught asking Israeli anti-judicial reform activists not to publish important information relating to the Netanyahu family, according to a report by N12 on Friday. In an interview given to the program “Friday … Read more
Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid spoke to an Israeli radio station this morning about the war in Gaza, the “day after,” and the recent High Court decision annulling the Knesset”s controversial Basic Law to abolish the judicial “reasonableness standard.” Asked about the High Court ruling, Lapid said, “The court made the only ruling it … Read more
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled to annul the Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard in a drafted ruling published on Wednesday by N12. The drafted ruling was passed with eight justices for and seven against, as per the report. The court held a full-bench hearing for the first time in its history in … Read more
After years of uncertainty regarding Hamas leader Mohammad Deif’s health, the IDF released videos showing him walking and in better condition than previously believed. MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), chairman of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, discussed the matter during an interview on 104.5FM. “We need to acknowledge our mistake and … Read more
