Following eight months of street protests, the issues are now distilled into legal arguments over the division of powers in a country with no written constitution.
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Israel’s government quarter here Tuesday for a much-anticipated legal clash between lawyers defending and opposing the recent explosive parliamentary vote to limit Supreme Court powers — in front of the Supreme Court itself.Demonstrators continued to flow into surrounding streets even as counsel for both sides began laying out arguments shortly after 9 a.m.
“The constitutional crisis is already here,” Tzipi Livni, a former justice minister and opponent of the judicial changes, said at a mass rally outside the court Monday night.The controversy has wreaked havoc on Israeli stability, causing the currency to drop, investors to flee andShare The hearing began with extra security around the court building and inside. The government is presenting its arguments first, followed by lawyers for opponents.“Who will ensure that politicians act reasonably?,” Supreme Court President Esther Hayut asked one of the government lawyers.
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