High Court invalidates law for repealing the reasonableness standard
The High Court judges ruled in an 8-7 vote to strike down the landmark judicial reform law, and also approved its own power to strike down basic laws as a general matter by a vote of 12-3.
High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByBINI ASCHKENASY/WALLAUpdated:
