In split with AG, Knesset legal adviser tells High Court not to void recusal law
Sagit Afik says legislation fills gap in law, argues that it does not affect PM's conflict of interest deal and therefore shouldn't be delayed or struck down
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Sagit Afik says legislation fills gap in law, argues that it does not affect PM's conflict of interest deal and therefore shouldn't be delayed or struck down
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
Activists marched through Tel Aviv's Kaplan Street with a large red banner that proclaimed that “The Supreme Court is Supreme.”
Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.
Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik reportedly refused to file the motion, which Rothman sought because she had expressed bias on the matter.