Following her recent success in changing the ultra-libertarian hashkafa of newly-appointed justice, Justice Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Ayelet Shaked’s next hurdle is the appointment of a new president of the court.
Current President Miriam Naor is stepping down in October and the question remains, who will replace her? Shaked is opposed to the slot being handed over based on seniority and is in no rush to fill the slot. Naor however sees things differently and she want the next session of the appointment committee to include a vote for Justice Esther Hayut as the new president.
According to the Yediot Achronot report, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) refused Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor’s request to include in upcoming Judicial Selection Committee’s meetings the vote for Esther Hayut as the new Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Shaked feels the main consideration should be judicial performance. Naor feels this is detrimental because it may suggest to justices to rule in line with a certain political agenda towards receiving the post, insisting the seniority method is preferred. She also feels the appointment should be expeditious to enable her to prepare her replacement before stepping down.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Naor wants to continue the legacy to replace her with another radical leftist judge instead of Democratically elected by the people or at least by the government – definitely not self-elected as they’ve been doing since 1948.
Of course Naor will try to maintain the self perpetuating oligarchic junta that’s been ruling the country since it’s founding.