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His
coalition on Monday approved an amendment limiting the court's
authority to void government and ministerial decisions by
deeming them "unreasonable", in a parliamentary vote boycotted
by the centre-left opposition and which set off fresh protests
across the country.
A bench decision posted on the court's website said a hearing
will be set for the appeal in September. The court did not issue
an injunction against the new law, which came into effect on
Wednesday.
A political watchdog and Israel's bar association had petitioned
the court to intervene.
The new law is part of broader judicial changes the
religious-nationalist government announced in January - soon
after being sworn in - that it says are needed to push back
against what it describes as overreach by a Supreme Court that
it says has become too politically interventionist.
Critics say the changes will open the door to corruption and
abuses of power by removing effective checks on the governing
executive's authority.
The planned changes have caused a deep divide in Israeli
society, igniting months of unprecedented nationwide protests
and stirring concern among allies abroad for the health of
Israel's 75-year-old democracy.
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch, Dan Williams and Maayan Lubell;
Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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