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Rothman came to insult the judges, the coalition's lawyer Bombach trashed the Declaration of Independence, and several on the bench intimated they may indeed intervene on Basic Law

The reasonableness law was an amendment to a basic law, which the court believes requires a high threshold for the court to nullify.

Shas chief insists he doesn't plan cabinet return; admits powerful protest movement has hindered judicial shakeup, was spawned by government's hardline nature and rhetoric

The balance of power between Israel’s judicial and legislative branches is now before the very Supreme Court whose authority the government is seeking to curtail, with arguments invoking the country’s core democratic values.

Israels justice minister slammed the court for taking up the case, arguing that it has no legal grounds on which to do so.

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All 15 justices to hear petitions against reasonableness law starting at 9 a.m., in session expected to last well into afternoon; no decision expected for weeks or possibly months

Israel’s Supreme Court opens hearings Tuesday on a law to curb its powers, in a case that could set the judiciary on a collision course with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government after months of mass protests over the controversial legislation.

Israel’s Supreme Court opens hearings Tuesday on a law to curb its powers, in a case that could set the judiciary on a collision course with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government after months of mass protests over the controversial legislation.

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