A critic of Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit stated that the High Court's unilateral decision to strike a Basic Law does not prove it has the authority, but rather that Israel lives under a 'flawed democracy' where judges rule arbitrarily. The remark follows Amit's opening statement at the expanded High Court hearing on the judicial selection reform.
In a message circulated Sunday morning, an individual critic of Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit responded to the High Court's opening of an expanded hearing on the judicial selection committee reform. The critic wrote: 'Justice Amit, the fact that you decided on your own to invalidate a Basic Law does not prove you have the authority to do so. It only proves we live in a flawed democracy, where judges rule and allow themselves to do whatever they want.' The statement followed Amit's earlier remarks at the hearing, in which he asserted the court's authority to review and strike Basic Laws, citing the reasonableness standard ruling as precedent. As The Zioneer reported earlier Sunday, the 11-justice panel is hearing petitions against the Levin-Saar compromise law, which would alter the composition of the judicial selection committee and eliminate the judges' veto over Supreme Court appointments. The critic's comment reflects one strain of public reaction to the court's assertion of jurisdiction over Basic Laws, a recurring flashpoint in Israel's judicial reform debate.
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