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Already super executive one step further. >> that's 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 do not have a federal system or 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 tell us when did this movement on the right start? what is it about? >> well tha...

But the liberals and the secular of tel aviv know theirs are the views that have long been moving to the margins in israel. tom bateman, bbc news, tel aviv. dr sara hirschhorn, an historian and political analyst, told us more about the judicial reforms protesters are angry about. israel has been rocked by debate about reform with thejudiciary, the israeli high court, which is equivalent to what might be considered a supreme court in the united states, which provides a check and balance on the legislature, or the israeli knesset, especially since israel does not have a formal written constituti...

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24 words. and where the only country with a written constitution that does not have an equal rights amendment in it. >> and when you look at congress now, it's it in better shape than when you came? there are more women. >> there are more women. >> more people of color. >> that is true. there's more than doubled the number of women when i first got to congress. so, that's a very positive change. but it's gotten very toxic, and it's become a political push and pull. it is in fact a blood sport now, which has to end. and we've got to tone down the rhetoric, because we've seen too much violence a...

Thank you for inviting me to talk to you about the Supreme Court and the Constitution at this present moment. I thought the best place to begin discussing that topic is at the very beginning. And so, back to 1788 we go.