Tens of thousands of people protested around the country for the 26th week, with most of the speakers at these demonstrations invoking the “reasonableness standard,” a clause that gives the Supreme Court the power to block government decisions that it finds unreasonable.
On Monday, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is to hold its first vote on a law that would “reduce” the courts’ power to apply the reasonableness standard, a bill they began deliberating on earlier this week.
(29.06.2023)
BIDEN: Oh, I think they may do too much harm, but I think, if we start the process of trying to expand the court, we‘re going to politicize it, maybe forever, in a way that is not healthy.
WALLACE: That you can‘t get back?
BIDEN: That I can‘t get back.
And I think — look, I think — maybe it‘s just the optimist in me. I think that some of the court are beginning to realize their legitimacy is being questioned in ways it hadn‘t been questioned in the past. And I think there‘s a concern on some, maybe even the chief justice, that maybe, maybe we better…
(29.06.2023)
„A benefit to a student who overcame racial discrimination, for example, must be tied to that student’s courage and determination,“ Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. „In other words, the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual — not on the basis of race.“
„Many universities have for too long done just the opposite,“ Roberts continued. „And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.“