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The Judicial Selection Committee’s makeup since Israel’s foundation has included nine members – three Supreme Court judges, ...
The Judicial Selection Committee has long released an annual report to the Judiciary Committee with demographic information ...
No judiciary standing for popular elections is “independent.” That is one reason many voters favor a judicial selection system like the United States Constitution where judges serve for life.
The Judicial Selection Committee says in its announcement that the panel will consider candidates for magistrate’s courts in the same districts in its next meeting on February 29.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have presented their proposed changes to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee as a so-called “compromise” aimed ...
The Judicial Selection Committee announces that despite convening to discuss appointments to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Central District Courts, no judges were appointed to those benches.
The General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee recently passed H.B. 5380, which would make some welcome changes to the judicial selection process, including increased reporting requirements on the ...
Under the current system, district court judges are nominated by the Judicial Selection Commission, chosen by the Chief Justice, and confirmed by the State Senate. If the Senate fails to act ...
The coalition postponed the initial deadline to form the Judicial Selection Committee back in March, but it chose not to postpone it again, meaning that the committee must form by June 15.
I am proud to announce that The Judiciary Basic Law, which regulates the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, has passed its second and third readings in the Knesset and will now be ...