Gali Baharav-Miara presents fresh challenge to Netanyahu coalition, urging judges to disqualify amendment to Basic Law voiding reasonableness test for government decisions
Gali Baharav-Miara vows to keep holding government to account if it acts against the law, rejects Levin's allegations of leaving government without legal representation
Legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon and analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss Yariv Levin's frustration with government's top lawyer and Justice Yosef Elron's bid to lead High Court
Justice minister alleges 'no basic working relationship between government and attorney general'; organization accuses Levin of trying to pave the way toward firing Baharav-Miara
Petitions against two coalition Basic Law amendments, and justice minister's refusal to convene crucial panel, give retiring court chief chance to leave final far-reaching mark
Justices imply they're considering delaying implementation of law that stops court removing premier; Netanyahu's lawyer calls it 'unthinkable' to allow ouster by unelected official
Menachem Mazuz, who also served as AG, slams coalition's controversial legislation, part of judicial overhaul package, as 'corrupt'; agrees Israel on 'brink of dictatorship'
Eli Dallal says he's pulling the legislation 'out of sincere desire for compromise with opposition,' though all 10 cosponsors would have to retract their names too
In Knesset speech, David Amsalem says Gali Baharav-Miara poses real threat to democracy; opposition leaders pan remarks as dangerous incitement, call for him to be fired
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