Michael Rabello News Today

  (JNS) — For the second time in just over two weeks, Israel’s High Court of Justice is hearing a petition calling for it to strike down an amendment to a Basic Law, this time one dealing with the court’s ability to declare a prime minister unfit for office. An expanded panel of 11 judges […]

The "recusal law" strictly limits the reasons a prime minister can be ousted as unfit for office. Petitioners against the law say it is a "personal law" meant to protect

Israels Supreme Court on Thursday heard a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been working to reshape the justice system while hes on trial in a corruption case.

What happened: The High Court of Justice heard a challenge to an amendment to a Basic Law, passed in March this year, that makes it harder to remove a ...

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Pitting court against the coalition, justices to hear petitions against legislation seen as shielding Netanyahu from agreement that allowed him to serve after corruption indictment

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Yitzhak Bart tells High Court that law's greater purpose - fixing problem in existing law - transcends MKs' motive in passing it; judges suggest motive colors the purpose

An 11-judge panel hearing a petition regarding the "constitutionality" of a Basic Law limiting the courts ability to remove a prime minister from office.

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