Israel Trying To Abolish Supreme Court Power. Sound Familiar?

   It was once said somewhere that George Bush is the best thing that ever happened to Israel and it seems as if the government of Israel wants to be just like Bush also.

    Ex Supreme Court president Meir Shamgar has went ahead and signed a petition opposing Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann's proposal to decrease or to totally do away with the Supreme Court's power to overturn Knesset legislation.

Haaretz

  "Abolishing substantive judicial review endangers the freedoms that have been legislated to date," said the petition. "Such a proposal does not advance the rule of law, but moves it backward."
  The meaning of abolishing judicial review, it continued, is that "Israeli citizens would lose the fundamental freedoms granted to them in the Basic Laws any time a majority of Knesset members so decides. We oppose these proposals and believe that instead, it is necessary to move forward on enacting a full constitution that will ensure all the basic human rights and their protection."

   Apparently Justice Friedmann has been watching Cheney training video's to often and reading the text of Bush's speeches and orders.

    I used to favor supporting Israel but that seems to be changing a little day by day.

 

Technorati tags: Meir Shamgar, Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann proposal, Judicial review

 

Nightly News At Bedtime

Yahoo News

 

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders have coalesced around legislation that would require troops to come home from Iraq within six months if that country's leaders fail to meet promises to help reduce violence there, party officials said Thursday.

The plan would retain a Democratic proposal prohibiting the deployment to Iraq of troops with insufficient rest or training or who already have served there for more than a year. Under the plan, such troops could only be sent to Iraq if President Bush waives those standards and reports to Congress each time.

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AP

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. military announced Thursday that it has sent home two Afghans and three Tajikistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, leaving fewer that 400 prisoners at the naval base.

  The five men, who were held at the isolated detention center in southeastern Cuba without being charged, were flown out early Wednesday and transferred to the custody of the governments in their native countries, Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand said.

They were cleared for departure by a military review process that assesses whether prisoners have intelligence value or pose a threat to the United States. The military does not provide details about individual cases including the names of those released.

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Deadly tornadoes hit southern US    Al Jazeera

At least 13 students were trapped under a
collapsed roof at an Alabama school

Tornadoes have killed 19 people in two southern US states, including at least 13 in a school in Alabama, the White House says.

The toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue overnight, Yasamie Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, said on Thursday.

In the Alabama school, students were trapped under a collapsed roof, state officials said.

The separate tornado incidents, which also wrecked mobile homes, had claimed the lives of a girl in Missouri and 18 people in Alabama.

Richardson said some students were still trapped three hours later.

 

Technorati tags: Deadly Tornadoes, Alabama, Detainees, Gitmo, Democratic Leaders, US Troops