Israel’s Basic Law
Declaring the constitution unconstitutional.
Unintended consequences.
Proportional representation encourages instability and unaccountability.
The Supreme Court acts independently of both law and the constitution.
What’s undemocratic? Anything we don’t like!
A defense of the law from one of its critics.
Whatever its flaws, it’s not one bit undemocratic.
A restraint on a runaway judiciary.
Their real concern isn’t with equality, it’s with recognizing a Jewish state.
A bulwark against judicial activism.
Necessary for preserving Israel’s Jewish and democratic character.
Some positive signs.
A matter of security as well as principle.
How Israel’s supreme court has effected its own constitutional revolution—and thereby undermined public confidence in the rule of law.
