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☆ Erdogan Says Legal Amendment Could Be Needed to Solve Turkish Judicial Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday parliament may pass a legal amendment to resolve a judicial crisis involving an unprecedented clash between two of the country's top courts. "It is not difficult to make legal arrangements regarding individual applications (to the Constitutional Court)," Erdogan told reporters on a flight back from Saudi Arabia, according to a text published by his office on Sunday. "But the work is not done after completing the legal amendments on individual applications," he added, signalling that more legal changes on the matter could be considered. At issue is a ruling by the Constitutional Court last month that jailed parliamentarian Can Atalay should be released. In response to the Constitutional Court ruling, the Court of Cassation said the Constitutional Court's ruling was unconstitutional.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Osman, Cassation, Ozgur Ozel, Huseyin Hayatsever, William Maclean Organizations: Constitutional, Cassation, CHP Locations: ANKARA, Saudi Arabia

☆ Erdogan says legal amendment could be needed to solve Turkish judicial crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November, 11, 2023. "It is not difficult to make legal arrangements regarding individual applications (to the Constitutional Court)," Erdogan told reporters on a flight back from Saudi Arabia, according to a text published by his office on Sunday. "But the work is not done after completing the legal amendments on individual applications," he added, signalling that more legal changes on the matter could be considered. At issue is a ruling by the Constitutional Court last month that jailed parliamentarian Can Atalay should be released. In response to the Constitutional Court ruling, the Court of Cassation said the Constitutional Court's ruling was unconstitutional.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Osman, Cassation, Ozgur Ozel, Huseyin Hayatsever, William Maclean Organizations: Islamic Cooperation, Saudi Press Agency, Handout, Rights, Constitutional, Cassation, CHP, Thomson Locations: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rights ANKARA

☆ Erdogan criticises top Turkey court, stoking 'judicial crisis'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ece Toksabay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Murat... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreANKARA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waded into a brewing judicial crisis on Friday, criticising the Constitutional Court for "many mistakes" and backing an unprecedented challenge to it by an appeals court, as opponents marched in Ankara. In a twist - which critics said highlighted the diminished state of Turkey's legal system - the top appeals court said the Constituional Court's ruling was unconstitutional. "The Constitutional Court cannot and should not underestimate the step taken by the Court of Cassation on this matter," he said. They were headed to the appeals court and video showed they were briefly delayed by police. "The Court of Cassation's backlash (...) is an open and combative attack against the Constitutional Court," said Bertil Oder, professor of constitutional law at Koc University.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Ozgur Ozel, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Murat, Tayyip Erdogan waded, Erdogan, Osman, Bertil Oder, intimidates, Ezgi Erkoyun, Jonathan Spicer, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Republican People's Party, Cassation, Constitutional, AK Party, Union, Koc University, Thomson Locations: Ankara, Turkey, ANKARA, Uzbekistan

☆ Erdogan, a jailed politician and Turkey's judicial crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsErdogan, a jailed politician and Turkey's judicial crisisPostedA dispute between two of Turkey's top courts over a politician's imprisonment is raising concerns over the rule of law, with the bar association in the country denouncing it as an "attempted coup." President Erdogan says the country needs a new constitution to restore order. Matthew Larotonda reports.

Persons: Erdogan, Matthew Larotonda

☆ Supreme Court returns for first private meeting of the term amid even more controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Supreme Court returns to Washington to face a new term and the fresh reality that critics increasingly view the court as a political body. Earlier this year, Roberts declined an invitation to appear before the Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss Supreme Court ethics, citing separation of powers concerns. Even if he did believe a formal ethics code is necessary, it’s unclear whether he would need a unanimous vote to move forward. Instead, they say, critics of the court are manufacturing a controversy to delegitimize the institution and staunch the flow of conservative opinions. Last week, she told an audience in Indiana that she thought it would be a “good” idea if the court were to adapt the ethics code used by lower court justices to fit the Supreme Court.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Roe, Wade, John Roberts, Roberts, Joe Biden’s, ”, Justice Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, “, ” Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, ” Cate Stetson, Hogan Lovells, Dick Durbin, Durbin, recuses, Carrie Severino, Alito, forthrightly, ” Alito, “ I’ve, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Conservative, Cato Institute, Democrat, Judicial, Crisis Network Locations: Washington, Congress, Indiana, Lake Geneva , Wisconsin, Ohio

☆ Israel president urges leaders to seize moment to end judicial crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rivals to reach a compromise that would end the judicial crisis just a week ahead of a crunch court hearing. "There are moments in such a crisis when leadership must seize the rare opportunity in order to reach out and come to an agreement. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the driving force behind the judicial overhaul, dismissed the reports as "trial balloons", in an interview to Army Radio and said it would be wrong for the Supreme Court to intervene in the judicial legislation. The Supreme Court is set to hear a series of appeals this month by lawmakers and watchdogs that challenge some of the government's judicial measures.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, Kamala Harris, Nathan Howard, Benjamin Netanyahu, Herzog, Netanyahu, Yariv Levin, Maayan Lubell, Alison Williams Organizations: U.S, Eisenhower, REUTERS, Rights, Tuesday, Netanyahu's, Likud, Army Radio, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Israel's Netanyahu cools censure of protesting reservists as judicial crisis simmers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Protest leaders say thousands of reservists have stopped reporting for duty. "Brothers in Arms", a reservist protester group, seemed unmoved by the gesture, accusing Netanyahu of playing down risks to military readiness. The Supreme Court will on Sept. 12 hear arguments against a bill limiting some of its powers to void government decisions, which was ratified in a parliament controlled by Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition. The military has so far acknowledged a "limited" impact from the reservist protest, citing the loss of some veteran instructors from the air force's flight school. As of now, the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) can handle its missions and the goal is to put this matter behind us," he said.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu's, Amir, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, IMPACT Netanyahu, Amos Gilad, Tzachi Hanegbi, Dan Williams, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Arms, REUTERS, JERUSALEM, IMPACT, Army Radio, National, Army, IDF, Israel Defence Forces, Thomson Locations: Kiryat Ono, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Israeli, Syria

☆ Netanyahu judicial overhaul faces showdown in Israeli Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

CONSTITUTIONAL QUAGMIREThe reasonableness amendment is part of Israel's so-called "Basic Laws" that the court so far has refrained from quashing. Striking down a basic law or an amendment to one has been described in Israel as the Supreme Court using a legal doomsday weapon. As Israel has no written constitution, it relies instead on these Basic Laws which enshrine some rights and liberties and establish rules of governance. In its legal response ahead of Tuesday's hearing, the government argued that the Supreme Court does not have legal authority to review basic laws. From mid-October those vacancies will include the chief justice and another Supreme Court justice.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Israel, Esther Hayut, Aryeh Deri, Ronen, NETANYAHU, Yariv Levin, Levin, Maayan Lubell, James Mackenzie, Howard Goller, Michael Perry Organizations: reining, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Israel, Israel's, Jerusalem

☆ Israel's Netanyahu takes heat in polls as judicial crisis deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 26 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a hit in the polls over a judicial law his hard-right coalition has championed as he attempts to navigate his gravest domestic crisis. Seats held by Netanyahu's Likud party would fall from 32 to 28, according to N12 News, and to as low as 25 seats in a survey by broadcaster Reshet 13. Israel's close ally the United States called the Knesset vote "unfortunate" and urged work toward a broad consensus. "There has been an increase in requests to halt reserve duty," Brigadier General Daniel Hagari told Israeli reporters in remarks confirmed by a military spokesman. Protest leaders said growing numbers of military reservists would no longer report for duty if the government pressed ahead with its plans.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's, Joe Biden’s, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Maayan Lubell, Michael Georgy, Robert Birsel Organizations: Netanyahu's, Netanyahu's Likud, N12, Reshet, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Histadrut

☆ Demographics and grievances widen Israeli judicial divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But for many Israelis, the two camps - one rising, the other on its way down - are more polarised than ever. For them, Monday's planned ratification of a curb on Supreme Court powers is a symptom, rather than a cause, of the rifts. Those favouring the legislation are largely religious-nationalists who, by mobilising their growing numbers, helped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu return to office in December. Blindsided by the pace and scale of the reforms, some protesters have vowed to withhold taxes and stop reporting for military reserve duty. Many pro-government Israelis view the seven months of nationwide demonstrations as an attempt to undermine their ballot victory.

Persons: Monday's, Benjamin Netanyahu, overreach, Yair Lapid, Sima Kadmon, Critics, Netanyahu, Aviya Cohen, Eli Cohen, Benny Gantz, Tisha B'av, Gantz, Dan Williams, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Israel, Tel, Likud, Tisha, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, West Bank, Moroccan

☆ A film, websites, and even a Twitter fan account praising Clarence Thomas were all part of a coordinated public relations campaign backed by nonprofit groups tied to a Federalist Society chairman
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But one recent PR campaign has centered on Justice Clarence Thomas, The Washington Post reported. But one more recent campaign was directed at Justice Thomas, who had already spent about three decades on the Court's bench. According to the Post, a nonprofit called the Judicial Education Project paid the lawyer about $300,000 in 2016 for "media projects." "Since his confirmation on October 15, 1991, Justice Thomas has been a stalwart defender of the original meaning of the Constitution." The comment was made years ago in a 2007 biography of Thomas, "Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas."

Persons: Leonard Leo, Clarence Thomas, Leo, Thomas, Anita Hill, Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Mark Paoletta —, Paoletta, HBO's, Len Amato, —, Michael Pack, Ginni Thomas, Harlan Crow, Kentanji Brown, JCN, Leonard Leo's Organizations: Washington Post, Service, The Washington Post, Federalist Society, Post, HBO, Trump White House, Judicial, Project, Politico, Daily, Washington Examiner, Post . Records, CRC, Relations, Advisors, Judicial Crisis, New York Times, Crisis Locations: Wall, Silicon, Virginia, United States, Jackson

'WE'RE SCARED, WE'RE ANGRY'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Monday, July 17, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israelis opposing the judicial changes marched to Jerusalem over the weekend, carrying flags and beating drums under a scorching summer sun. Washington has urged Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges he denies, to seek broad agreements over any judicial reforms. First elected to Israel's top office in 1996, Netanyahu has been both dynamic and polarising. In early October, a few weeks before winning a national election, Netanyahu fell ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur and was briefly hospitalised.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, Cyrus, Ohad, We're, we're, Tzivia Guggenheim, Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch, Amir Cohen, Dedi Hayoun, Rami Amichay, Ilan Rosenberg, Paul Simao, Richard Chang, Jan Harvey Organizations: Israel's, Sheba Medical, Sunday, U.S, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Israeli, Old City, Washington, Israel, Yom Kippur

☆ Protesters close Israeli seaport, eye airport as judicial crisis simmers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HAIFA, Israel July 3 (Reuters) - Demonstrators briefly shut off access to a major Israeli seaport on Monday ahead of a planned mass convergence on the country's main airport, as a half-year-long crisis over the government's judicial overhaul again builds up steam. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had doused some of the protests during compromise talks with the opposition but they proved fruitless. People take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 1, 2023. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File PhotoProtest leaders called for a similar shut-down of Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international gateway, in the afternoon. Washington has urged Netanyahu to seek broad consensus rather than rapidly push through unilateral changes it said could undermine Israeli democracy.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Nir Elias, Ben Gurion, Netanyahu, Dan Williams, Gareth Jones Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: HAIFA, Israel, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion, Washington

☆ Justice Sam Alito took a luxury fishing trip with a billionaire who supports a group that wants to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

ProPublica reported that Justice Sam Alito took a luxury fishing trip with billionaire Paul Singer in 2008. Both Singer and Alito denied discussing any business interests related to SCOTUS cases on the trip. That group also filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking it to block Biden's relief plan — a decision the court is expected to hand down in the coming days. The spokesperson also said that Singer did not have "any pending matters before the Supreme Court, nor could Mr. Singer have anticipated in 2008 that a subsequent matter would arise that would merit Supreme Court review." "On no occasion have we discussed the activities of his businesses, and we have never talked about any case or issue before the Court," Alito wrote.

Persons: ProPublica, Sam Alito, Paul Singer, Singer, Alito, SCOTUS, —, Jr, Joe Biden's, Biden, Brown, SBPC, Paul Singer's, Miguel Cardona Organizations: Manhattan Institute, GOP, Service, Republican, Congress, Street, Protection Center, . Nebraska, US Department of Education, Network, Judicial, Democratic, Biden Locations: —, Alaska, ., Brown, Brown and Nebraska

☆ Lawyers elect leader with clout in Israel's judicial crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Amit Becher and other private Israeli lawyers protest Netanyahu's government court reform in what they call "a political threat to the judicial system and democracy" outside the Tel Aviv District Court, Israel January 12, 2023. The Israel Bar Association provides two of the Judicial Appointments Committee's nine members. The others are a mix of Supreme Court justices, cabinet ministers and parliamentarians meant to encourage give-and-take in bench picks. Becher denies having a partisan objective, saying lawyers of all stripes back his pledge to prevent a "political takeover by the government of the Judicial Appointments Committee". The coalition argues that the reforms would balance out the branches of government, and plans on Wednesday to begin work on a fresh bill to limit some Supreme Court powers.

Persons: Amit Becher, Corinna Kern, Benjamin Netanyahu, reining, Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Becher, Naveh, Dan Williams Organizations: Tel, Court, REUTERS, Israel Bar Association, Efi, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel

☆ Israel's judicial proposals prompt startups to relocate -govt agency
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, May 1 (Reuters) - The government's plan to overhaul the judicial system is harming investor confidence and pushing high-tech firms to relocate abroad, Israel's state-backed agency that supports high-tech companies said on Monday. Israel's high-tech sector employs 10% of the country's workforce accounting for around 15% of economic output, more than half of exports and a quarter of tax income. While the Nasdaq is up 17% this year, Israel's tech index is down 4%. It added that high-tech fundraising in the first quarter was just $1.7 billion, the lowest quarterly figure since 2019. The authority recommended a number of steps such as easing regulations, incentives to encourage investment and incentives for startups to register intellectual property in Israel.

[1/2] U.S. Supreme Court police officers stand on the front steps of the Supreme Court building prior to the official investiture ceremony for the court's newest Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the start of the court's 2022-2023 term in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. The report said the Supreme Court's information security environment was "built fundamentally on trust with limited safeguards to regulate and constrain access to very sensitive information." But it called the court's information security policies "outdated" and recommended that it overhaul its platform for handling case-related documents and remedy "inadequate safeguards" for tracking who prints and copies documents. The Supreme Court's IT systems operate separately from the rest of the federal judiciary. U.S. judiciary officials have said the systems used by federal appellate and district courts also are outdated and need modernization.

“Senate Democrats have been committed to restoring balance to the federal judiciary with professionally and personally diverse judges,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told NBC News on Saturday night. Senate Republican leaders told NBC News before the election that if they took the majority, they would use their power over the floor to compel Biden to send more centrist judges that GOP senators could support. He said Democrats keeping control means that if a Supreme Court vacancy were to open up, Biden’s nominee would be assured a vote. While the current 50-member Democratic caucus has been unified behind Biden’s judicial nominees, a 51st seat for the party could further embolden it. As a practical matter, that means Democrats currently need Republican sign-off to confirm judges in red states.

☆ Billionaire Ronald Lauder gives $1 million to GOP group supporting state candidates who questioned 2020 election results
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A representative for the Republican State Leadership Committee did not return a request for comment. The Concord Fund, which previously spent millions of dollars on ads backing Trump's judicial nominees, gave $1.5 million to the Republican State Leadership Committee in September. The Republican State Leadership Committee is considered a tax exempt politically active group under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Republican State Leadership Committee is supporting dozens of candidates running to become secretaries of state, lieutenant governors, state legislators and judges on state courts. In this year's state legislative races, the Republican State Leadership Committee has bolstered some candidates who raised doubts about the 2020 election results.

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