High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit: Democracy dies in small steps • Full bench of 15 discusses amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary
Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.
Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik reportedly refused to file the motion, which Rothman sought because she had expressed bias on the matter.
The Supreme Court president is appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee but is typically done by seniority.
Appointing judges on behalf of the delusional reform laws (225 laws in total – for those interested) will turn us into a fully-fledged dictatorship.
If postponed, the hearing may come at a time when High Court President Esther Hayut and a justice are set to retire.
Protestors brought crates of bananas to protest the "banana republic" powers of the court.
The Lavi NGO petitioned the High Court that Esther Hayut had expressed bias against the Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard at a January 12 conference.
A protest against the High Court of Justice is expected to take place outside of High Court President Esther Hayut's home on Thursday night.
The court order didn't say when the law would come into effect or until when the injunction would apply.
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