1st of 3 floor votes expected Monday afternoon, advancing bill to cover elected officials against judicial scrutiny; mass protests planned for Tuesday by anti-overhaul activists

Proponents of limiting the courts' use of the ‘reasonableness’ measure say it has hitherto enabled rule by judiciary; opponents say it's a vital bulwark against government abuse

Opposition MKs call committee chair Rothman a 'dictator' as he pushes through hardline version of judiciary-weaking bill after 5 discussions in 9 days, ignores expert criticism

Bill blocking the judicial test for moves by elected officials will advance Tuesday; opposition, coalition spar over refusal to postpone legislation and protest amid Jenin raid

Panel clears lawmaker of wrongdoing, accepts his claim of 'borderline self-defense,' after he grabbed protester's megaphone while walking on the street in Manhattan last month

Levin, Rothman said to accept Netanyahu's demand to shrink legislation, barring 'reasonableness' test for government, minister decisions, but not to mayors, local authorities

As protests against the judicial overhaul again ramp up, a leading Israeli legal scholar believes the national situation is not yet dire enough to be a 'full constitutional moment'

Ethics Committee sanctions Ofer Cassif for rest of summer session after he backed boycott of Israel, called Likud MK a neo-Nazi and told another Likud MK to ‘go rape another one'

Israel Katz says wasn't aware of Ofer Hugi's social media posts, which said Nazis should've killed those behind Netanyahu trial; ousted adviser still attends Knesset panel meeting

ToI editor David Horovitz on the restart of frozen legislation; Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on police staffing problems; and both discuss Case 1000's Hollywood treatment