A panel of 11 High Court justices will hear petitions today against the amendment to the Judicial Selection Committee, passed in March 2025, which replaces Israel Bar Association representatives with Knesset-appointed legal experts. If the court intervenes, it would mark the second time it has struck down a Basic Law, after nullifying the reasonableness-stripping law.
The High Court of Justice convenes this morning in an expanded 11-justice panel to hear petitions against the March 2025 amendment to the Judicial Selection Committee law. The amendment removes Israel Bar Association representatives from the committee and replaces them with legal experts chosen by the Knesset — a change critics argue undermines judicial independence.
This is the second major challenge to a Basic Law this year. In January 2025, the High Court struck down the law abolishing the reasonableness standard for government decisions, marking the first time the court invalidated a Basic Law. The current petition tests the same question of whether the Knesset's constituent authority is subject to judicial review.
The hearing is scheduled for the morning session. No verdict is expected today; the court typically reserves its ruling after deliberation.
As The Zioneer reported on June 18, the same court recently proposed a compromise in the related state comptroller selection case, awaiting a Knesset response by Sunday. Today's hearing on the committee composition is procedurally distinct but part of the wider constitutional debate over the balance between the legislative and judicial branches.
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