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  JUDICIAL REVOLUTION  JUDICIAL REVIEW  and VIDEO JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE What are the changes that the government has proposed? In short: Changing the composition of the judicial selection committee so that the coalition has the majority.  Requiring between 80% and 100% of Supreme Court judges to agree in order to render Knesset legislation unconstitutional. Implementing an  override clause  that would allow the Knesset to overrule the court and move forward with legislation the judges have said is unconstitutional. Making  Basic Laws  immune from judicial review, regardless of their content.  Removing the ability for the courts to render decisions by the government “unreasonable.” Diminishing the role of the attorney-general and government legal advisers by making the status of their legal opinions non-binding and allowing state officials to access private legal advice instead.  How do these statutes hold up in comparison to Israel’s cl...