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Clarity no substitute for flexibility, say defenders of Britain's unwritten rulebook

Feel that this is kind of overreach on the part of the -- of the democratic or legislative branch of the israeli government in terms of curtailing the courts power? >> israel has an unusual constitutional system of checks and balances and separation of powers an the israeli supreme court plays a singular very important role as a primary check on the governments power. in the united states, we have several checks and balances. we have two houses of government, both the house in congress and the s...

We have a separation between the executive and the legislative branches and we have a written constitution thats really hard to change. none of thosz things exist in israel. there is one house of parliament, the knesset. it is very much connected to the executive branch because the prime minister leads the party that rules the guesset and there isnt a written constitution, the ordinary majority of parliament can change what are called basic laws that have a kind of con sstitutional statusn israe...

Huge protests that are rocking israel at the moment. as we speak, the right-wing government in israel today mounting an effective takeover of the judiciary in that country. which will not only be very convenient for their prime minister who is under criminal indictment, but will also broadly remove the ability of the courts to constrain the government in lots of important ways. not a written constitution, israel has no written constitution the court ability to constrain the government is effecti...

From the blog of Rachel L. Suggs at The Times of Israel

Prime minister benjamin netanyahu is still pushing ahead with the first major legislation of his massive judicial overhaul plan. the protests have grown more intense even after six months, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pushing ahead to weaken the power of israels courts. getting its first real vote in parliament on monday after a debate. it would strip the power of the supreme court to stop government action ifs if it deems them unreasonable. one of the only checks on the power in isr...

That the king was not above the law. the bases of the american revolution, therefore was holding the king to the law. and once we had done that, we then wrote up the common law in the form of a written constitution which made it very clear that there would be no king and that nobody would be above the law, the president is someone who holds office for a certain period of time, it is not a special person who is somehow above the law. trump talks about retribution or revenge, what hes doing is he ...

Latest is reform of the house of lords, of the second chamber. it sort of feels like, if you want to bring it slap bang up—to—date in this 21st—century, things like this might be the first to go. they wouldnt be a loss, would they? thea;r wouldnt be a loss, would they? they wouldnt be a loss, would they? they would not. wouldnt be a loss, would they? they would not- it— wouldnt be a loss, would they? they would not. it would _ wouldnt be a loss, would they? ti21 would not. it would depri...

The First Minister said the proposed document would include recognition of the NHS in Scotland and provide stronger protections for human rights.

Israel hasnt treated tonight courts and such, it does strike me that this -- the stakes are already super executive one step further. >> that is true. in fact, israel lacks the institutional checks and balances that we would see in any other democracy. we only have one chamber of parliament. we dont have any regional elections or presidential veto. and the issue of the constitution is complicated. some legal scholars would say that israels basic laws add up to something like a constitution if yo...