Whistleblower's lawsuit leads to court ruling disallowing reassignment orders; appeal claims ruling undermines law.
The incident came amid concerns about a rising number of threats against judges nationwide. A Texas woman was arrested in August and charged with threatening to kill Chutkan.
The High Court judges ruled in an 8-7 vote to strike down the landmark judicial reform law, and also approved its own power to strike down basic laws as a general matter by a vote of 12-3.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attorney, Amit Hadad, rejects additional hearings in his cases, despite the order of the Jerusalem District Court judges.
The judge sentence the boy to a year of probation and ordered that he submit a book report to the probation department about Carl Lutz.
Without new judges being appointed, Israel was on track to be short more than 50 judges by the end of next month.
Until the Judicial Selection Committee selects a new chief, Justice Uzi Fogelman will serve as interim chief justice.
Who are those 15 Supreme Court justices whose ruling will profoundly influence the nation’s course for years to come?
The Judicial Selection Committee has not met for more than a year, and during this period, various positions held by judges have been vacated.
Judge Lewis Kaplan's decision to jail the 31-year-old former billionaire ahead of his Oct. 2 fraud trial over FTX's November 2022 collapse came after prosecutors said he had "crossed a line."
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