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The Constitution Committee will today (Tuesday) discuss another section of the legal revolution, after a stormy day in the Knesset and throughout the country surrounding the approval of the first parts of the plan.
The discussion today will deal with the superseding clause and the cancellation of judicial review of ordinary laws of the Knesset.
According to the proposal of the chairman of the committee, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), which will be brought up for discussion in the committee, the High Court of Justice will not be able to annul laws enacted by the Knesset, except with a full composition of all Supreme Court judges, provided that all judges agree that the law clearly contradicts a provision Two articles from the reform were approved for first reading yesterday - changing the method of electing judges so that the government and the coalition have a majority in their selection, and eliminating the possibility of the Supreme Court to discuss or cancel basic laws.
The discussion in the Constitution Committee.
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After hundreds of thousands demonstrated in Jerusalem and other centers in the country against the revolution, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Rothman called on opposition leader Yair Lapid and state camp leader Benny Gantz to hold talks at President Yitzhak Herzog's residence.
"We call on the leaders of the opposition to start negotiations without preconditions. The time has come," the joint statement said.
"We contacted their bureaus in order to coordinate a joint meeting this evening."
Shortly after, Lapid rejected the offer and made it clear that he would come to the meeting only if the legal revolution legislation was stopped.
"The necessary condition for starting a national dialogue is an immediate halt to all legislative processes for a limited time during which the dialogue will take place mediated by the president," said Lapid.
"If Levin and Rothman agree to this, we will be happy to meet at the President's residence tomorrow morning."
Gantz also called for the legislative process to be stopped before the talks began, but Levin and Rothman rejected this.
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The revolution planned by the government includes a series of significant changes in the legal system, such as a determination that only an expanded composition of the High Court can invalidate legislation passed by the Knesset. Another step of the revolution, designed to strengthen the government's hand vis-à-vis the court, is the establishment of a superseding clause that will nullify decisions of the High Court by a majority of only 61 members of the Knesset, as well as changing the composition of the committee for the selection of judges so that it is fully controlled by the coalition.
The reform also deals with weakening the power of the legal advisers to the government, so that their position will not bind the government, and with the elimination of the reason for reasonableness, which, among other things, significantly limits the court's ability to intervene in the appointment of senior officials.
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