Supreme Court Candidacy
Analysis: Supreme Court appointments are first crucial test of Friedmann-Beinisch ties
Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann and Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch reportedly did not discuss the list of candidates to fill the five vacancies on the 15-person court during their two-hour meeting on Tuesday.
The Beinisch court
Dorit Beinisch was approved last Thursday as the new Supreme Court president and will be sworn in this coming Thursday, the day her predecessor Aharon Barak steps down.
Musings / Courting disaster
History seldom rewards the deserving. When it comes to immortality the sinners have it over the saints. Assassins and mass murderers achieve everlasting fame while the virtuous die uncommemorated. Captain Boycott, Joseph Guillotin and Nicolas Chau...
Livni, Barak to discuss naming 3 temporary judges
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have scheduled to discuss on Wednesday the appointments of three temporary judges to the Supreme Court.
Mazuz nixes January meeting of judges' selection committee
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni cannot convene the Judges' Selection Committee on January 24 because the general elections are due to be held soon afterward, Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz ruled Monday.
Justices without an agenda
In comments that have since triggered a deep-seated public controversy, Supreme Court President Aharon Barak voiced his opinion against the selection of Supreme Court judges who have made their opinions known on controversial public issues.
Difference over law-making in Israel
THE intense politics and extravagant lobbying surrounding Supreme Court nominations in America have been absent in Israel—up to now. In America they go back to 1987, when Democratic senators savaged Robert Bork, a conservative nominee of Ronald Re...
A cut above the rest
During an address a month ago to the Forum for Law and Society, the president of the Supreme Court, Justice Aharon Barak, said he was opposed to the appointment of Prof. Ruth Gavison to the Supreme Court bench because she had an "agenda." This rar...
The Supreme Court's Gavison problem
To many of us, the Supreme Court is the jewel of our democracy: trusted and respected, and a critical counterbalance to the shallowness, and even corruption, of our unstable political system. We have almost come to depend on the court to sweep dow...
Gay advocates fight Israeli court pick
JERUSALEM — High-profile gay rights activists are among those who oppose the impending appointment of Professor Ruth Gavison to the country’s Supreme Court, Haaretz reported. “To the gay community, Gavison’s declared opinions represent a clear and...
Justice Minister Livni petitioned over Gavison
A group of more than 20 law professors and lecturers yesterday sent a petition in support of High Court of Justice candidate Professor Ruth Gavison to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni.
Gavison may lose Supreme Court seat
The National Council of the Israel Bar Association chose its new representatives for the Judges' Selection Committee on Tuesday. According to the most recent tally, Professor Ruth Gavison likely will not be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Gay, lesbian community fights appointment to Supreme Court
Prominent members of the gay community have recently joined the fight against the expected appointment of Prof. Ruth Gavison to the Supreme Court because of her position on certain issues of civil rights.
Ruthie's agenda
Ruth Gavison's fiery temperament is known far and wide. In academic circles there are some who describe it as "the dictionary definition of the total opposite of a judge's temperament." "She is a very unpleasant person," says a veteran attorney.
The First Word: Aharon Barak's true colors
Ruth Gavison is, in many crucial ways, Aharon Barak's worst nightmare. Arguably Israel's most celebrated legal scholar, a lifelong activist for human and civil rights, a longtime proponent of peace negotiations with Israel's Arab neighbors, she is...
Chief Justice Barak opposed to Gavison's High Court nomination
After months of speculation in the legal system over the candidacy of Professor Ruth Gavison to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Aharon Barak on Friday expressed his opposition to her nomination, staking a position that puts him at loggerheads wit...
Aharon Barak's agenda
For sheer, unmitigated hypocrisy, it would be hard to beat Supreme Court President Aharon Barak's justification for opposing Prof. Ruth Gavison's Supreme Court nomination. In a lecture last Friday, Barak said that while Gavison is "completely qual...
Supreme Court head Barak explains opposition to Gavison appointment
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak has publicly accounced he is opposed to appointing Prof. Ruth Gavison to the bench. The matter has engaged the judicial system for months, with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni openly pushing for Gavison's appointm...
Livni, Barak disagree over appointments
There are three vacancies waiting to be filled on the Supreme Court, but no end in sight to the deadlock between Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Supreme Court President Aharon Barak over the appointment of Hebrew University Prof. Ruth Gavison.
High Court Justice Selection Stalled
Two Supreme Court justices have retired in recent months but it looks like it will be a long time before the vacancies are filled, even though the court is overwhelmed with work. The reason for the standstill is the battle between Justice Minister...