Benjamin Netanyahu is leading the charge to hobble Israel's Supreme Court. Anshal Pfeffer: The government already launched a very wide-ranging, what they call a legal reform. This round of reform has four main components - override clause, reasonableness standard, judicial appointment commission and political appointees.
Israel’s right-wing coalition government has the country’s supreme court in its sights. Their proposal to effectively subjugate its independence to the legislature has sparked protests and stirred concern for the country’s democracy. Our correspondent reports from a newly reopened Shanghai. And how gas stoves became the latest battleground in America’s endless culture wars.
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