Knesset Speaker Declares High Court Not Authorized to Rule on Constitutional Laws | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | David Israel | 7 Tevet 5781 – December 22, 2020
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin vs. Supreme Court President Esther Hayut. Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin (Likud) on Tuesday morning sent a letter to Supreme Court President Esther Hayut ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the High Court of Justice of petitions against Israel’s Nationality Law, warning against any judicial intervention in basic laws, which comprise Israel’s constitutional foundation. “The Knesset is the legislature and it also holds the authority of the Constituent Assembly. The Supreme Court draws its authority from the Knesset and not the other way around,” Speaker ...
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