The Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court is the only judicial body authorized to adjudicate political matters and the sole authority empowered to interpret the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, the laws, and the regulations.

As the highest authority concerning the interpretation of regulations, laws, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, any judgment of an ordinary court that contradicts a constitutional principle is void.

The Constitutional Court may invalidate any law, regulation, or decision of the Sanhedrin or the President if it is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights or the Constitution.

The Constitutional Court may not invalidate decisions adopted by referendum, because the people are sovereign, provided that those decisions do not violate the Bill of Rights or the Constitution.

If a decision of the Constitutional Court was issued by a partial panel of judges, it may be appealed. The appeal must be heard by a larger panel containing enough judges to make reversal of the original decision numerically possible.

A judgment issued by the full bench of the Constitutional Court cannot be appealed.

Yehodaya’s Bill of Rights may be amended only under the conditions specified within it.

The Constitution may be amended only with support of at least 75 percent of the votes cast in a referendum in which at least 75 percent of all eligible voters participate.