Supreme Court Holds Expanded Hearing on Law Changing Judicial Appointments Panel
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Israel’s High Court of Justice held an expanded hearing on Sunday over a wartime law changing the judge-selection committee. Court President Yitzhak Amit said the debate should focus on whether it is a constitutional amendment, while the Knesset asked that the petitions be dismissed.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- The High Court heard petitions against a law changing the judges’ selection committee.
- The case was heard by an expanded panel of 11 justices.
- The law passed during the war.
- Yitzhak Amit said the focus should be on whether it is a constitutional amendment.
- The Knesset’s representative argued the petitions should be rejected.
Israel’s High Court of Justice heard petitions on Sunday in an expanded panel of 11 justices over a law that changes the composition of the committee that selects judges. The legislation passed during the war.
At the start of the hearing, Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit urged the court to focus on whether the law amounts to a constitutional amendment, rather than on the broader question of whether the court has authority to strike down Basic Laws or whether that power has been abused.
The Knesset’s representative argued that the petitions should be rejected.
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