The reasonableness law prevents the tyranny of the judiciary - opinion

The only “tyranny” it prevents is that of judges who believe that their own standard of “reasonableness” is superior to that of the democratically elected executive and legislature.

MK SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, speaks during the debate in the parliamentary plenum, before the passage of the reasonableness legislation, in July.

(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

ByNATHAN LEWIN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 06:03

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