nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210531-124109-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210530s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210531-124109-0 doi eng 342 23 Roznai, Yaniv Author aut Saving the Constitution from Politics The Israeli High Court of Justice and the Misuse of Constituent Power Doctrine Roznai, Yaniv Verfassungsblog 2021-05-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On May 23, 2021, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) delivered an important decision setting and defining the limits for the use of Basic Laws – laws of a constitutional ranking – for the purpose of solving temporary political and coalition problems. The Basic Laws are supposed to be “the crown jewels” of our constitutional system, yet in Israeli politics they have become an instrumental tool for narrow and everyday political interest, often amended in a temporary manner. The decision, given by a 6-3 majority of an extended bench, now defines some constitutional boundaries for the proper use of Basic Laws. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Basic Law: Nation State Binyamin Netanyahu Israeli Supreme Court Gutman, Matan Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/saving-the-constitution-from-politics/ raw object