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I’m sure I will get downvoted for this BUT the issue isn’t the SC, it’s congress. Take the Roe v Wade repeal, the SC said there is nothing in the constitution that specifically guarantees the right to an abortion, therefore according to the constitution laws regarding abortion should be left up to the states. If congress wanted to guarantee rights to abortion, they could have passed a law that said that, but they never did and according to the constitution, anything that’s not a specific federal law, is left up to each state to decide.
I thought Benjamin was facing a shut load of corruption charges and more. Did he beat them? >

No, he just bribed a bunch of parties in to backing him and got the premiership and the ability to screw with the police and company before he could get sentenced. >

Interesting. Can the Israeli PM pardon himself? (Also while we're at it: can the U.S. President pardon himself?) >

The US President can’t pardon themselves, but what Nixon did was resign and then have his VP pardon him once he became President >

We as a race need to realize that electing crooks just isn't in our best interests.
One day... >

Or electing politicians deep in a cult. (aka religion) >

I don’t think the problem with Bibi is his religiousness. The man is a snake who will say and do literally anything to get power. >

It is a related problem though, because Netanyahu is able to partner with fundamentalist religious parties (who don't care about civil liberties or the rule of law) to pre-empt his corruption cases in exchange for inflicting religion on the rest of the public, such as forcing public transportation and stores to close on the sabbath, and allowing majority-fundamentalist communities to discriminate against the non-religious. >

Yeah I agree. What I meant was Bibi himself has no religion (or principles), and that he’ll govern as religiously or secularly as he needs to keep power. In this case, you’re right that means governing ultra religiously. >

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Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, regarded as the most right-wing in Israeli history, an AFP correspondent said.
Some waved Israeli and rainbow flags while others held a large banner reading "Crime minister" - a slogan widely used by Israelis during regular demonstrations against Netanyahu in past years.
Netanyahu, 73, who himself is fighting corruption charges in court, had already served as premier longer than anyone in Israeli history, leading the country from 1996-1999 and 2009-2021.


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Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, regarded as the most right-wing in Israeli history, an AFP correspondent said.
Protesters brandished signs with slogans including "Democracy in danger" and "Together against fascism and apartheid" in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.

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Netanyahu took office late last month at the head of a coalition with extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, some of whose officials now head key ministries.
It includes a politician who late last year admitted tax evasion and a clutch of far-right personalities, including one who once kept a portrait in his home of a man who massacred scores of Palestinian worshippers.

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Israel's new justice minister this week announced a reform programme including a "derogation clause" allowing parliament to override decisions of the Supreme Court.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid denounced the reforms, saying on Twitter that it "endangers the entire legal system of the State of Israel". >

Trump looks on and drools with envy. >

Interestingly enough, this court reform will make the courts in Israel a lot more like the American ones.
In Israel, judges are chosen by a non-political, professional entity - and not directly by politicians. One of the biggest changes of the reform is that judges will be picked by politicians - just like in the US.
Basically, Bibi is trying to replicate the situation in the US, where the SC is clearly divided into right wing and left wing judges, is highly political and vote according to whatever president nominated them. So in a way, Trump already had (and heavily exploited) the system that Bibi is trying to create. >


where the SC is clearly divided into right wing and left wing judges, is highly political and vote according to whatever president nominated them

Close. It’s actually divided into those that follow logic, precedent, and the Constitution versus the ones appointed by Republicans.