Israel is struggling to strengthen the Knesset vis a vis the Court.

MOSAIC has an excellent series of articles on the subject which take some time to read. But they are still worth while.

Disorder in the court.
How Israel’s supreme court has effected its own constitutional revolution—and thereby undermined public confidence in the rule of law.

Response 1: The Problem Starts in the Knesset
Israel’s supreme court, and its overreaching and overactive judiciary in general, are not the cause but the symptom of a larger predicament.

Response 2 Israel’s Supreme Court Is Unusual, but Not That Unusual
The Jewish state is unique both in the strength of its democracy and in the self-assurance of the judges who challenge its democracy. It may be fated to remain so.

Response 3 The Erosion of Public Trust in Israel’s Judiciary Is Real—and Unusual
It’s hard to imagine a former justice in any other democracy trying to orchestrate a mass judicial resignation.

December 26, 2016 | 3 Comments »

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  1. This is a threat? Mass judicial resignation sounds good to me. It’s like when liberals say they will emigrate if the Republican Presidential candidate wins. Great! When you leaving? What would you like for the send-off, chocolate, flowers?

  2. The first time that the court chose to issue its own laws the Knesset should have shot it down and removed all the justices. Yet the Knesset sits idly by whilst the court continues to make up laws and orders.