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Justices ask why legislation shielding PM from recusal shouldn’t take effect at a later date, making it less tailored to Netanyahu; expanded panel of 11 judges will hear petitions

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20% of respondents to Channel 12 survey urge coalition to ignore such a decision; a third considering leaving Israel amid overhaul tensions

LEGAL AFFAIRS: The creation of a constitution is plagued with its own share of disagreements and challenges.

Apparently, all a judge needs to rule the way he or she wants is to place themselves above the Knesset, the laws it passes and the government charged with executing

Petitions argue law passed specifically to let PM violate his conflict of interest deal; High Court nixing it would be 1st annulment of Basic Law, heralding constitutional showdown

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut will be joined by Justices Uzi Vogelman and Yitzhak Amit in a live-broadcast hearing.The post Israeli Supreme Court to weigh in on Basic Law shielding

It's like we've been taken over by a deranged, masochistic demolition squad. Except that the coalition's Jewish supremacists, empowered by Netanyahu, know exactly what they're doing

As with abolishing the reasonableness doctrine, the Incapacitation Law exempts the country's leaders from judicial oversight

High Court hears petitions against law that makes it virtually impossible to force a prime minister to step down; justices look to avoid striking down a Basic Law for first time