Law for Selecting Judges in Israel Part 3: Historical bill proposals
In this article, I provide a description of the bills relevant to judicial appointments that were tabled over the decades, beginning in 1984. For clarity, I will first list the differences between the previous law for judge selection that was just amended in the Knesset and the new amended law as it past second and […]
Law for selection of judges in Israel Part 2(b): Amendments to the Courts Law
Here I present the second subsection of amendments related to judicial selection laws as they stand now, after having gone through the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset. Amendments to Basic Law: Judiciary are outlined in Part 2(a) of this series and this article presents the amendments to the Courts Law and other […]
Law for selection of judges in Israel Part 2(a): Amendments to Basic Law: Judiciary
Amendments to Section 4 of Basic Law: Judiciary is perhaps the most contentious issue regarding reform of the way in which judges are appointed. This particular paragraph delineates members of the Judge Selection Committee. In this article, I will compare the current statutes with the amendments that passed the first reading in the Knesset plenum […]
An unreasonable filibuster
Israel’s elected representatives wasted over 40 hours in a filibuster of proportions previously unknown in this country. The document that concretizes and enshrines this travesty, this cynical manipulation of accepted Knesset protocol, is permanently available on the Knesset website. On Wednesday, July 19, the Knesset Law Committee voted for the second time on the 27655 […]
Can we use the Lapid speech at Kohelet in 2016 as proof of his hypocrisy?
What is one to do when the side of an argument you support presents material that has been taken out of context and, therefore, gives a false impression? I think we have to do what we do when this happens when the side of an argument we do not support does this — we have […]
The Lapid Outline reminds me of two things, neither of them good.
Lapid has sort-of answered the call to offer his counterproposals to the coalition’s bills for judicial reform. He calls it: The Lapid Outline, and he posted it on his Facebook page. Let me translate it for you below. The Lapid Outline: Total cessation of the legislative process for 60 days before presenting the bill for […]