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Thursday, August 10, 2023
Right-wing group petitions against Hayut chairing hearing on ‘reasonableness’ law
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A right-wing group petitions the High Court against a decision to have Chief Justice Esther Hayut chair the upcoming hearing on the “reasonableness” law.
The High Court of Justice will for the first time ever convene a 15-judge panel to hear petitions against the highly controversial law passed last week to limit the court’s oversight.
The petition against Hayut is filed by the Lavi lobbying group, which claims that the judge has already publicly expressed her opposition to the law.
Lavi had already asked for Hayut to recuse herself completely from the discussion, which she declined.
“The petition is filed due to the well-known position regarding the reasonableness law that she has frequently expressed in public,” the petition says.
Hayut issued a statement last week according to which she had decided that every justice on the court would preside over the hugely significant and explosive hearing against the “reasonableness” law which, together with the rest of the Netanyahu coalition’s judicial overhaul agenda, has created an unprecedented protest movement against the government.
The petitions the court has accepted against the law will be heard on September 12.
The Times of Israel Community.