Levin said that he was only informed by Baharav-Miara in a Thursday phone call that she would represent him.
Following the national trauma caused by the passage of the reasonableness clause, can this country truly afford an even greater upheaval if the judicial selection process is changed?
MQG argued that alterations to the Judicial Selection Committee would allow Netanyahu to appoint justices and a High Court president who might preside over any criminal appeal.
The prime minister appeared to drop regulating legal advisers and restricting judicial review from the agenda.
Netanyahu dismissed fears of civil war and offered a hopeful message that the opposing sides “will mesh.”
The prime minister sends a message that the coalition doesn't need the opposition to negotiate to advance its judicial agenda.
The petitioners argued that Levin was abusing his role as justice minister to further political considerations.
The next bill that the coalition will likely promote is on the Judicial Selection Committee, perhaps the most contentious issue of judicial reform.
The altering of the Judicial Selection Committee has been a key component of the judicial reform from the outset.
The reasonableness bill would limit the the ability of the courts to strike down government administrative decisions deemed extremely unreasonable.
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