A Constitution Would Solve Israel's Government Crisis

 https://www.newsweek.com/constitution-would-solve-israels-government-crisis-opinion-1787758

In effect, this is a power struggle between the Knesset—the Israeli parliament—and the Israeli judiciary, which over many years has assumed substantial authority to overturn laws and other acts of the Israeli government. Israel does not have a written constitution that outlines the authority of the Knesset and the Israeli Supreme Court, but since the inception of the country's political system it has been understood that the Knesset—a European-style parliamentary system—is elected by the Israeli people and thus authorized to make laws.

A threat to democracy or much-needed reform? Israel’s judicial overhaul explained

 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/25/middleeast/israel-judiciary-netanyahu-explainer-intl/index.html

Complicating matters further, should the bills pass parliament the Supreme Court must then potentially decide on laws curbing its own power. This raises the possibility of a constitutional standoff. Would the Supreme Court strike down the laws, and if so, how would the government respond?

Jury deliberation begins in Australian sex abuse trial for Israeli principal Leifer

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/jury-deliberation-begins-in-australian-sex-abuse-trial-for-israeli-principal-leifer/

Proceedings near conclusion after 3 sisters testify against former teacher, who faces 27 charges for acts allegedly committed at Adass Israel School, her Melbourne home, and camps.

Joe McCarthy was never defeated — and Donald Trump now leads the movement he created

 https://www.salon.com/2021/08/29/joe-mccarthy-was-never-defeated--and-donald-trump-now-leads-the-movement-he-created/

McCarthy was rewarded with a powerful chairmanship, at the Senate Committee on Government Operations, where Cohn and the young Robert F. Kennedy serving as assistant counsels. There he targeted the Voice of America, the overseas library program of the International Information Agency (this led to book burnings), several prominent Protestant clergymen and finally the U.S. Army. That last crusade proved to be a bridge too far: Joseph Welch, chief counsel for the Army, called out McCarthy on national television for his cruelty and recklessness, famously demanding, "At long last, sir, have you no decency?"

For author Sam Roberts, the essence of Cohn's influence on Trump was the triad: "Roy was a master of situational immorality . ... He worked with a three-dimensional strategy, which was: 1. Never settle, never surrender. 2. Counter-attack, counter-sue immediately. 3. No matter what happens, no matter how deeply into the muck you get, claim victory and never admit defeat." As columnist Liz Smith once observed, "Donald lost his moral compass when he made an alliance with Roy Cohn."

Parallels between Trump and Joseph McCarthy

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/author-larry-tye-on-parallels-between-trump-and-joseph-mccarthy

And instead of offering a solution for that fear, he offered an easy scapegoat, which was the communists that he said were behind every pillar in the State Department, in the White House, and everywhere we looked in our own government

Trump’s bizarre behavior a gift to the left just as public opinion was turning on Bragg

 Trump’s bizarre behavior a gift to the left just as public opinion was turning on Bragg

It’s not news that Donald Trump is the worst of his own enemies, but he outdid himself with his latest bizarre behavior.

It’s not easy to make Sharpton look good, but Trump did it. Heckuva job, Mr. President! 

The battle for Israel’s soul: If either side wins, everyone loses

 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-735232

I suspect that I speak for the vast majority of Jews in the Diaspora and probably an equal amount in Israel when I say, please work harder to find a consensual resolution. End the vile rhetoric on both sides.

There are no dictators and there are no anarchists, there are only Jews trying in good faith to address a highly complex situation as best they can. Please lower the volume and give the process time to succeed. May God bless you all.

Trump won’t change, and that shows he can’t win

 https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/trump-wont-change-and-that-shows-he-cant-win/

Trump has every right to be upset.

We don’t disagree.

This is not a felony case, and Bragg trying to turn it into one is pure politics.

But rather than seek his vindication in the courtroom, or even just make an impassioned speech, Trump wants to inspire a mob.

Time and time again, Trump’s responses have been unhinged, indicative, and self-defeating.

And don’t buy for a second when he says he’s “fighting for you.”

Donald Trump Blasted by His Old Favorite Newspaper After 'Unhinged' Threats

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-blasted-his-old-favorite-newspaper-after-unhinged-threats-1790304

"He hasn't changed in the slightest. There is no shame," the newspaper's editorial team wrote in an op-ed article that was published Friday.

"After riling up rioters, cheering for a coup, and agreeing that his vice president needed to be hanged, he's back to making violent threats against fellow Americans," the editorial read in reference to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, when Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

Squeezed by investigations, Trump escalates violent rhetoric

 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3917300-squeezed-by-investigations-trump-escalates-violent-rhetoric/

In several social media posts over the past two days, Trump appeared to threaten Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) with a baseball bat and warned any indictments brought against him may lead to “potential death & destruction” around the country.

Ex-prosecutor says Trump’s posts attacking Manhattan DA are crimes

Over ride clause - why support?

 https://mishpacha.com/inbox-issue-954/

Please explain to us why we American Jews should support an override clause, when the equivalent of an override clause in the USA would probably result in unappealable laws banning bris milah, shechitah, closing our yeshivos, forcing us to pull the plug on patients, and who knows what else. Our experience tells us that an “override clause” is probably the last tool we’d ever want to utilize to protect our lifestyle.

Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/23/tech-guru-jaron-lanier-the-danger-isnt-that-ai-destroys-us-its-that-it-drives-us-insane

“From my perspective,” he says, “the danger isn’t that a new alien entity will speak through our technology and take over and destroy us. To me the danger is that we’ll use our technology to become mutually unintelligible or to become insane if you like, in a way that we aren’t acting with enough understanding and self-interest to survive, and we die through insanity, essentially.”

Man at Center of Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory Demands Retraction From Fox

 https://news.yahoo.com/man-center-jan-6-conspiracy-182608207.html

Letters seeking retractions and apologies are often sent when lawyers are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit. As Teter noted, Epps’ demands come as Carlson and other top figures at Fox are already under pressure from a $1.6 billion defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems accusing them of amplifying lies that the voting machine company was involved in a bizarre plot to steal votes from President Donald Trump during the 2020 election.