High Court of Justice Begins Hearing Basic Law on Torah Study – State to Respond by September
The Supreme Court began hearing petitions against the Basic Law: Torah Study, just hours after its approval in the Knesset. Justice Ofer Grosskopf ordered the state and the other respondents to submit a preliminary response…
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The High Court of Justice has opened proceedings on the Basic Law: Torah Study just hours after its Knesset passage, signaling immediate judicial scrutiny of a foundational law. The court declined to issue an interim injunction but ordered the state to respond by mid-September, setting up a compressed timeline for constitutional review. The core question is whether the court will assert authority to strike down or modify a Basic Law, a move with profound implications for the balance of power between the judiciary and the legislature.