(JNS) The High Court of Justice is about to invalidate a Basic Law. The court has never struck down such laws before, which until recently had been considered immune to court interference. According to leaked drafts of the opinions of the 15 justices, the result is 8-to-7 in favor of nullifying the “reasonableness law.” […]
Aharon Barak, a retired Israeli Supreme Court president, fought the government’s judicial overhaul plan. But it chose him for the panel hearing a case against it in a United Nations court.