Having decided to back away, for the Knesset’s summer session at least, from many of the most extreme aspects of its judicial overhaul program, the government is currently seeking to pass legislation ...

After months of stating its intention, the coalition converted plan to action on Monday, passing the first of a telegraphed package of laws targeted to sap the judiciary of its authority, in ...

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Two recent experiences have caused me to reflect on how public agencies go about achieving their purposes. Both involved the rigidity with which government's rules are typically applied, and both ...

A clear, disinterested look at the state of higher education is not for the faint of heart. Jonathan Marks, a politics professor at Ursinus College, relates the following story in Let’s Be Reasonable: ...

The crisis in Israel reaches a significant moment on Tuesday, with an attempt at the Supreme Court to overturn a controversial law passed by the government. It follows months of turmoil over the ...

The Knesset on Monday night approved the first reading of the law to reduce the cause of reasonableness. The law was approved by a majority of 64 to 56. All members of the coalition voted in favor of ...

The new law is probably the least objectionable part of the right-wing government's attack on judicial review in Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Chris Emil JanßEn/Zuma ...

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Police reformers say states should make it easier to bring criminal charges against police who commit "lawful, but awful" shootings. But police warn that such legislation may go too far. When police ...