'There should be no override whatsoever on issues of basic liberty'

'There should be no override whatsoever on issues of basic liberty'

Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz comments on the next government's plan to reform the judiciary by introducing legislation to override Supreme Court decisions. Israelis might compromise, he said, by agreeing to keep the Supreme Court out of political or economic decisions not involving human rights, or by requiring sweeping majority votes for overrides rather than the proposed 61 out of 120 lawmakers.