Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the Supreme Court has the authority to perform judicial review not only on legal cases and legislation, but also on the actions of the government and its ministers, and to strike down any that were deemed by the court to have exceeded the reasonable limits of the relevant body's authority. This represented a change to Israel's Basic Law: Judiciary, instituted by the court itself, conflict of interest aside, increasing the powers of the Supreme Court at the expense of legislation being promoted at the time to cancel the "reasonableness" standard as part of the larger judicial reform. The ruling to require a competitive process directly contradicts both other precedents and the letter of the law, raising concerns about the assumption of powers by the Supreme Court, threatening the balance of powers between the judiciary and other branches of government.
Author: Israel National News
Published at: 2025-06-07 19:39:47
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