The balance of power between Israel’s judicial and legislative branches is now before the very Supreme Court whose authority the government is seeking to curtail, with arguments invoking the country’s core democratic values.
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Debating reasonableness law, coalition lawyer argues it doesn't erode democracy, calls Declaration of Independence 'hasty' and nonbinding; Rothman implies justices are an oligarchy
In arguments watched live across the country, Israel’s top judges sparred with government lawyers on a controversial law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition that limits the court’s