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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 israel's 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 israel, a country with no written constitution. they dismiss the cries of those who say this puts them...

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 he's doing is he is using a fascist language, he's using language from an entirely different political system, one w...

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 wouldn't be a loss, would they? thea;r wouldn't be a loss, would they? they wouldn't be a loss, would they? they would not. wouldn't be a loss, would they? they would not- it— wouldn't be a loss, would they? they would not. it would _ wouldn't be a loss, would they? ti21 would not. it would deprive as all of a good smile, but of course, we are us country without a written constitution, al...

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

Israel hasn't 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 don't have any regional elections or presidential veto. and the issue of the constitution is complicated. some legal scholars would say that israel's basic laws add up to something like a constitution if you include supreme court rulings. but there is no one formal written constitution. >> wow. now tel...