Roundup: Israel's top court deliberating historic case amid looming legal ambiguity

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Supreme Court is deliberating whether to strike down a new law that is a key part of the judicial overhaul led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit the court's powers, as it hears an appeal against the controversial law.
The law, which was passed by the Israeli parliament in July, eliminates the court's authority to overturn government decisions on the grounds of being "unreasonable," a standard rarely invoked by Israeli courts, typically reserved for ...