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Supreme Court to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness clause’ in September

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Published: 28 July 2023

Last updated: 5 March 2024

Court declines to issue injunction freezing law but will hear arguments from seven petitioners; Attorney-general objects to law that prevents Netanyahu being declared unfit for office.

As reasonableness law takes effect, High Court sets September showdown for petitions (Times of Israel)
Court declines to issue injunction freezing law, but will hear arguments against legislation from seven petitioners, as well as demands for Levin to convene judge appointment panel

Israel's AG Objects to Law Preventing Netanyahu From Being Declared Unfit for Office (Haaretz)
In her response to the court, the AG wrote that 'there was an improper use of the Knesset's authority to improve the PM's personal situation and allow him to operate in defiance of the court's decision'

Civil unrest, legal appeals and military disobedience: What Israel may face after Supreme Court law change (CNN)
Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a controversial law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to declare government decisions unreasonable, the first bill in a wide-ranging judicial overhaul that analysts say is likely to deepen the crisis the country is facing.

Can Israel's Supreme Court Disqualify the First Law of Netanyahu's Judicial Coup? (Haaretz)
Hours after the government approved the first step in its efforts to weaken the judiciary, at least three petitions asking the Supreme Court to nullify it were filed. Will the top court override the ‘reasonableness bill’? Experts are divided

High Court justices rush back from abroad to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness’ (Times of Israel)|
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut was in Germany leading delegation of judges, who are now returning early to Israel ‘given the latest developments’

Photo: Israel’s Supreme Court (Jonathan Zindel/Flash 90)

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