Rothman, an architect of the controversial judicial overhaul, slams warning that opposition to the move 'will end in violence,' calls Mandelblit 'a disgrace'

In this second episode of What Matters Now, we speak with the legislator who has written the bills for the proposed judicial overhaul and hear why he thinks they're not so radical

As the coalition moves to radically constrain the top court's capacity to thwart legislation and decisions it considers undemocratic, here's a look at some of its key interventions

It was the Shas leader’s corruption imbroglio in 1993 that helped launch the right’s war on judicial activism, a war that now stands to cripple the courts

Legal advisers and top prosecutors since 1975 assail planned overhaul; current AG Baharav-Miara says PM spreading false claim she sought to fabricate probes into coalition members

The prime minister has unleashed his justice minister to neutralize the High Court, the only effective brake on government excess, and secure him unbridled power

Former Supreme Court deputy president tells Times of Israel radical legal shakeup would leave Israel with just one branch of government - and potentially a 'democracy in name' only

Editor David Horovitz on former Supreme Court head Aharon Barak's reactions to judicial reforms, the curious firing of PM's drivers; Amanda Borschel-Dan on 1st Levant currency

PM says coalition is carrying out the will of the people, a day after former Supreme Court president attacked the planned reforms and thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv

Former Supreme Court president calls planned judicial reforms 'poison pills' that would mark 'beginning of the end' for Israel. Levin: He 'doesn't understand essence of democracy'