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LARRY DERFNER
Jerusalem Post
04-10-2008
Headline: Keep Beinish's court supreme
Byline: LARRY DERFNER
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 15

Thursday, April 10, 2008 -- I know Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann doesn't intend to cripple Israel's democracy and turn it into a Third World country, which is what former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak just warned is going to happen.

But I'm convinced Barak is right - that's where Friedmann's "reforms" are leading.

Friedmann is not the only liberal who thinks the Supreme Court, especially under Barak, overstepped its bounds and usurped powers that ...

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