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Kamaji:

--- Quote from: Fishrrman on March 28, 2023, 05:44:44 pm ---I didn't write what follows.
It was posted over at TOS by "Jewbacca".
But he explains why Netanyahu wanted to reform the Israeli court system.
Take it for what it's worth:
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There are four reforms planned:

1. The Supreme Court in Israel is more of a legislative body than in the USA. It is not as strictly limited by the “case or controversy” limitation, but can act on its own, and basically veto any law. It uses this power very aggressively to act as the un-elected head of government in Israel and in a very Leftist manner, as they are all Leftists. The first proposal is to allow the people’s democratically-elected representatives overrule the un-elected judge’s edicts. Biden and the Left considers this democratic check on the Court’s power “fascism” and “against democracy”.

2. Related to number one, the Supreme Court created a rule that it could override legislation and laws based on whether the body considered it “reasonable”. So it’s not like checking against the text of the the First Amendment and saying “nope, Constitution says you can’t do that.” It’s a judicially-created rule that says “if we judges would legislate in a different manner, we’ll do so”. Again, stripping un-elected judges of the power to do whatever they felt like is “fascism”, according to Biden, et al.

3. Judges are really appointed in Israel by a private cabal of the bar association, with little input by the the elected officials. The reform will change this so the elected officials will have the final say on judges. Again, because the private cabal is Leftist, having the people’s representatives pick judges is “fascism” and (barely paraphrasing )”something out of the Third Reich”.

4. The actual cabinet officials don’t really run their department. Instead, they HAVE to do what un-appointed, un-fireable, lawyers in the departments say. These lifetime Leftist government hacks are all Leftists. So, again, allowing elected (and also appointed) officials actually govern, and not be figureheads to the actual leaders, who are Leftist hacks, is “fascism”.

So there you go.

Basically, the Left is upset that their unchecked power is being checked by the will of the People. So they are rioting.
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source:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4141391/posts?page=6#6

Again, see my original reply above...

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Sounds like a system that ought to be reformed.

libertybele:
Netanyahu rejects Biden's call to drop Israel judicial overhaul

sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to comments by the US president, who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reform plans.

"They cannot continue down this road," Joe Biden told reporters.

Mr Netanyahu later tweeted that Israel would make its own decisions, "not based on pressures from abroad".

It comes after protests this week brought Israel to a standstill, forcing him to pause the proposals.

The protests have intensified since Mr Netanyahu returned to power at the end of last year, leading the most right-wing, nationalist government in Israel's history and promising to curb the powers of the judiciary.

His plans would give the government full control over the committee which appoints judges and would ultimately strip the Supreme Court of crucial powers to strike down legislation that it saw as effectively unconstitutional.

Mr Netanyahu says they would stop the courts over-reaching their powers and that they were voted for by the public at the last election. But most legal scholars say they would effectively destroy the independence of the judiciary, while opposition figures describe them as an attempted "regime coup"...............

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65110875

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