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Israel's Supreme Court is to rule on the constitutionality of 'reasonableness law' that could undermine separation of powers and rule of law.

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An immediate constitutional crisis is unlikely, but no enduring reform or end to the impasse is possible without deep trust -- which no one in our system of government now enjoys

Debating reasonableness law, coalition lawyer argues it doesn't erode democracy, calls Declaration of Independence 'hasty' and nonbinding; Rothman implies justices are an oligarchy

Israeli Supreme Court Justices seemed critical of the government's effort to end judicial scrutiny of its decisions on Tuesday during a hearing after thousands protested the new standards outside the court the day before

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court opened hearings Tuesday on a law to curb its powers, in a case that could set the judiciary on a collision course with Prime

Knesset passed a Basic Law limiting judicial oversight in July, removing the Supreme Court's ability to override laws

An unprecedented 15-judge panel on Tuesday began deliberating petitions against the reasonableness law passed by the Knesset in July. The debate marks the

"The very existence of this discussion indicates that the court does not respect the judgment of the public," Simcha Rothman said.