More good news related to Judicial reforms in Israel (something that I am a big fan of):

The government on Sunday approved Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann’s controversial proposal to amend the Basic Law on the Judiciary in order to limit the Supreme Court’s power…

Friedmann’s proposal would only allow the Supreme Court to strike down legislation if it goes against one of the Basic Laws, such as on human dignity and freedom or on the freedom of occupation. Currently, the court can rule that a law is invalid even if it does not contradict a Basic Law.

(Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Supreme Court decided to strike down this law on the basis that it is a basic law in Israel thatt the Supreme Court gets to make up its own rules.)

It has been quite a summer for Friedmann. Now if only they can start to make some headway on the direct representation issue…