The coalition’s next judicial overhaul bill will be discussed in a Knesset committee next week, after a debate planned for today was delayed following yesterday’s deadly terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Eli.
Proposing to amend Basic Law: The Judiciary, the bill would block the Supreme Court from evaluating government decisions for their reasonableness.
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee will discuss the bill on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
According to the text of the bill, the courts, including the High Court of Justice, would no longer be able to even hold hearings over the “reasonableness” of a decision, or invalidate decisions made by the prime minister, the cabinet, ministers, or other elected officials merely based on their reasonableness.
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