In Israel, committee advances basic law amendment on judicial review reform

The legal reform bill on judicial review and the override clause passed its reading in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee during its [morning session on 1 March]. While the bill passed with nine committee members in favor, the opposition had decided to boycott the vote. [...] Opposition committee members attempted to voice objections during the vote’s organization. Several members of Knesset including Labor’s Gilad Kariv and Yesh Atid’s Segalovich, Elazar Stern, Meir Cohen, Orna Barbivai and Yorai Lahav-Hertzano were removed from the room over the course of the session by chairman Simcha Rothman for what he deemed as them interfering with the proceedings. [...] Opposition committee members attempted to voice objections during the vote’s organization. Several members of Knesset including Labor’s Gilad Kariv and Yesh Atid’s Segalovich, Elazar Stern, Meir Cohen, Orna Barbivai and Yorai Lahav-Hertzano were removed from the room over the course of the session by chairman Simcha Rothman for what he deemed as them interfering with the proceedings. [...] The bill approved in [the vote on 1 March] also contained provisions for an override clause. The Knesset would be able to overrule the invalidation of legislation with a simple majority of 61 votes. Further, the Knesset would be able to preemptively immunize a law from judicial review in a similar process. The protection of the override bill would expire a year after the dissolution of the Knesset that implemented it. [...] Discussions in the committee were set to continue on [2 March].
Read the full article here: The Jerusalem Post