Jewish Home ministers laud advancement of High Court-curtailing bill

6 May 2018, 2:20 pm

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Responding to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation’s approval of a bill that would curtail the powers of the High Court of Justice, Jewish Home ministers Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked say it “begins the process of building a separation wall between the three branches of government.”

“The High Court’s intervention in legislation and in government decision has for a long time breachds accepted norms. The supercession law will return public trust in the Supreme Court and will restore the original roles of the branches of government: The Knesset legislates, the government enacts, the court expounds,” they say in a statement.

“We must remember that the Knesset, as a representative of the people, is sovereign, as is the case in a proper democracy.”