The Supreme Court's Imposition of Unelected Judges Over the Government

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Benin Minneton said this is not the death of Israeli democracy. The argument coming from the coalition is that the Supreme Court has taken powers without any democratic mandate. There's a consensus amongst all Israeli legal experts, even those of them which were not big fans of the reasonable standard as it was done. And in this situation, the Supreme Court is the only form of checks and balances on the government's power.

A seemingly small change to the Supreme Court’s powers to adjudicate “reasonableness” represents a significant risk to the country’s democratic functioning—and 30 weeks of popular protest about it will continue. Our correspondent looks into why Vietnam’s schools produce such excellent students (09:54). And examining the debate on whether cryptocurrency trading conflicts with Islamic strictures (15:15).

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