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September 14, 2023, 2:34 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 14: Yariv Levin’s mic drop before next week’s High Court showdown
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur grapple with what the justice minister’s endgame is and the need for a constitution to teach us how to play it
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August 7, 2023, 1:06 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 7: Some anguished Israelis uproot; why constitution is no quick fix
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on security cabinet push to prop up PA, FM Eli Cohen’s promises to Saudi Arabia; writer Melanie Lidman on archaeology’s unrecognized heroes
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July 12, 2023, 4:40 am
PM reportedly raises possibility of delaying overhaul in event of security escalation
Netanyahu said to be determined to pass ‘reasonableness’ bill by end of the month but acknowledges the one thing that could prevent it would be security deterioration
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July 11, 2023, 5:10 pm
Knesset panel chair says he’s unwilling to change essentials of ‘reasonableness’ bill
Hours after first vote, Rothman reconvenes panel on bill to nix judicial oversight tool; claims it will only apply to cabinet and ministers despite its mention of ‘other officials’
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Carrie Keller-Lynn
March 31, 2023, 7:43 am
What Matters Now to top Canadian jurist Irwin Cotler: Drafting Israel’s constitution
As representatives of Knesset factions sit with President Herzog for negotiations over the judicial overhaul package, Canada’s former Justice Minister urges: Seize the momentum
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
March 13, 2023, 1:11 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 13: IDF head’s corrected gaffe underscores conflicted military
Editor David Horovitz on botched dismissal of Tel Aviv’s top cop, whether now is the time for a constitution; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Thursday’s terror attack
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March 11, 2023, 9:39 am
Lapid proposes constitution for Israel to extract itself from ‘terrible crisis’
Opposition chief calls to codify start of Declaration of Independence, limit judicial activism but maintain strong court, examine how many Haredi men can stay in full-time study
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ToI Staff
January 30, 2023, 7:33 pm
Knesset law committee chair rejects his own legal adviser as ‘biased’
In stormy debate on controversial plans to overhaul judiciary, MK Simcha Rothman calls on Gur Bligh to retract opinion, sparking outcry from opposition lawmakers
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January 22, 2023, 4:41 pm
50 years after Roe v. Wade, fight for choice turns into battle for religious freedom
After a 2022 decision to overturn the longstanding right to abortion, religious women’s groups unite in protesting laws reflecting a Christian-centric view on when life begins
By
Cathryn J. Prince
January 17, 2023, 6:00 am
As coalition looks to radically rebalance power, a messy constitutional crisis looms
The government aims to hobble the High Court’s ability to review legislation. If judges try to strike down the law that institutes the change, there may be a high-stakes showdown
By
Jeremy Sharon
January 11, 2023, 1:44 pm
Battle over High Court exposes frailty of Israel’s piecemeal system of government
The center-left’s fears are reasonable, the right’s arguments authentic; both sides should get past the current shrill debate and restructure a broken system of checks and balances
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Haviv Rettig Gur
May 15, 2022, 12:24 pm
As Druze officer is hailed as a hero, lawmakers join call to ‘fix’ Nation-State Law
Liberman assails ‘contradictions’ in controversial legislation, despite supporting it in 2018; Blue and White party pledges to bring equality bill to committee hearing next week
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Tobias Siegal
March 2, 2020, 6:47 pm
Putin proposes enshrining God, heterosexual marriage in constitution
Move comes after Russian president submitted for parliamentary vote far-reaching reforms many say are aimed at tightening his grip on power
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May 28, 2019, 11:14 am
Israel is already in a constitutional crisis, leading law scholar warns
Suzie Navot is not against parliamentary immunity and wants the Knesset to be able to override the Supreme Court. But she’s also worried about a creeping erosion of democracy
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Raphael Ahren
May 17, 2019, 4:06 pm
It’s not the Supreme Court’s job to fix the Nation-State law
With no constititonal framework to establish how the branches of government work together, Basic Laws are of the people
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