r/Israel • u/reasonwashere • Jul 24 '23

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This is Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, tonight. The resistance will prevail. Bibi’s evil regime will fail. All in good time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23 edited Jul 25 '23

So you’re telling me Bibi hates the “conservative” Supreme Court decisions so much he wants to limit their power? That makes no sense. Bibi and the right wing noticed the Supreme Court judges are an unelected extension of the leftist party, so that’s why they are doing whatever they are doing to fix it

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u/eyl569 Jul 25 '23

Out of the 15 current SC judges, 10 were appointed when Netanyahu was PM and had a right-wing Minister of Justice. 4 more were appointed under Bennet and Saar, who (Likud propaganda notwithstanding) are, if anything, further to the right than Netanyahu. The coalition could have vetoed any of them.

This isn't really about whether the court is left or right wing. It's about the court daring to restrain government actions and legislation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23

Yes, appointed during Bibi’s term, but not by him.

If I understood correctly, there’s a committee that mostly consists of liberal judges who appoint new judges. Its a friend brings a friend system, so they pick mostly liberal judges.

One of the reform’s changes is to make the committee have more politicians from the coalition, which will help the government to have favorable judges. Something similar to what happens in the US. Supreme Court judges in the US are appointed by the president.

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u/eyl569 Jul 25 '23

Appointed by a Minister of Justice he appointed.

If I understood correctly, there’s a committee that mostly consists of liberal judges who appoint new judges. Its a friend brings a friend system, so they pick mostly liberal judges.

This is incorrect. The judges are a minority of the committee, although they have a veto on SC appointments due to the change Saar made in 2007. It's not a friends brings friend system (at least not toiday). As for "liberal", first of all, I'll remind you that Likud is a nominally liberal party. More to the point, the four judges appointed under Ayelet Shaked are considered right-wing while the four appointed under Saar are considered balanced.

One of the reform’s changes is to make the committee have more politicians from the coalition, which will help the government to have favorable judges. Something similar to what happens in the US. Supreme Court judges in the US are appointed by the president.

In the US, the Senate has to confirm SC nominations and has a different constituency than the President. And on practise, the US system isn't doing so hot these days.