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Ex-top judge says open to curbing reasonableness doctrine ‘if it satisfies Levin’
Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Former Supreme Court chief justice Aharon Barak says he is open to curbing the top court’s authority to review government decisions on grounds of reasonableness “if it satisfies [Yariv] Levin,” the justice minister who is a leading proponent of the judicial overhaul.
Speaking during an event at Reichman University, Barak stresses that he’s open to judicial reform but opposes the far-reaching proposals backed by Levin and other coalition figures.
“The reform proposals harm democracy,” he adds.
