[Jewbacca]

There are four reforms planned:

1. The Supreme Court in Israel is more of a legislative body than in the USA. It is not as strictly limited by the “case or controversy” limitation, but can act on its own, and basically veto any law. It uses this power very aggressively to act as the un-elected head of government in Israel and in a very Leftist manner, as they are all Leftists. The first proposal is to allow the people’s democratically-elected representatives overrule the un-elected judge’s edicts. Biden and the Left considers this democratic check on the Court’s power “fascism” and “against democracy”.

2. Related to number one, the Supreme Court created a rule that it could override legislation and laws based on whether the body considered it “reasonable”. So it’s not like checking against the text of the the First Amendment and saying “nope, Constitution says you can’t do that.” It’s a judicially-created rule that says “if we judges would legislate in a different manner, we’ll do so”. Again, stripping un-elected judges of the power to do whatever they felt like is “fascism”, according to Biden, et al.

3. Judges are really appointed in Israel by a private cabal of the bar association, with little input by the the elected officials. The reform will change this so the elected officials will have the final say on judges. Again, because the private cabal is Leftist, having the people’s representatives pick judges is “fascism” and (barely paraphrasing )”something out of the Third Reich”.

4. The actual cabinet officials don’t really run their department. Instead, they HAVE to do what un-appointed, un-fireable, lawyers in the departments say. These lifetime Leftist government hacks are all Leftists. So, again, allowing elected (and also appointed) officials actually govern, and not be figureheads to the actual leaders, who are Leftist hacks, is “fascism”.

So there you go.

Basically, the Left is upset that their unchecked power is being checked by the will of the People. So they are rioting.

[Williams]

Thank you for explaining it.

[CodeToad]

Thanks for that. It’s similar to what is happening here. The left uses the courts and gets pissed if the courts don’t agree with them.

[dennisw]

++++++

[Petrosius]

Thanks for the explanation. Most of the reports have been lacking in what the specifics of the reform are. I guess that is a deliberate attempt to hide the fact that the reforms would actually make the court more democratic rather than less. Typical leftist obfuscation.

[canuck_conservative]

Bibi is also under “PR pressure” because the 75th anniversary of Israel occurs in early May, so having a civil war/major unrest is not a good look for such a big occasion ...

[Eagles6]

Thanks for the insight.

[livius]

In case you didn’t notice, at the end of the article it described a “sea of white and blue Israeli flags dotted with a few rainbow banners.”

The LGBTQ stuff is nothing but another radical leftwing attack.

[PIF]

Thanks for explaining - sounds like half the country cannot wait to commit suicide.

[mac_truck]

Who knew Israel was such a hotbed of socialism...

[volunbeer]

Thanks for the explanation.

Conclusion - the left can riot and protest to protect their judicial or bureaucratic powers against reforms from legislative or executive reform.

This is our future.

[cgbg]

Great post.

Thanks.

Now it makes sense.

[Aeneas2112]

That is a better explanation than any talking head or ivy league Ph.D. has been able to give in the last month. Thank you