{
  "$schema": "../../schemas/corrections.schema.json",
  "episode_slug": "why-israel-is-fighting-over-its-court",
  "transcript_path": "episodes/2026-10-27_why-israel-is-fighting-over-its-court.md",
  "status": "published",
  "updated": "2026-10-27",
  "reviewed_by": "Honesty Desk",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "id": "e17-M1-reasonableness-scope",
      "verdict": "overstated",
      "turn_index": 1,
      "rel_start": null,
      "clock": "07:51:23",
      "quote": "Levin's twenty twenty-three amendment tried to strip the court of that power entirely.",
      "correction": "The July 2023 amendment (Basic Law: The Judiciary, Amendment No. 3) barred reasonableness review only of decisions by the government, the prime minister and ministers. Review of other authorities was left in place.",
      "explanation": "'Entirely' overstates the scope of the law the court struck down.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/News/PressReleases/pages/press24723r.aspx",
          "title": "Reasonableness standard bill approved in final readings in the Knesset Plenum",
          "publisher": "Knesset",
          "date": "2023-07-24"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2023-10-24/israel-legislation-abolishes-reasonableness-as-a-standard-for-judicial-review-of-governments-decisions/",
          "title": "Israel: Legislation Abolishes Reasonableness as a Standard for Judicial Review of Government's Decisions",
          "publisher": "Library of Congress (Global Legal Monitor)",
          "date": "2023-10-24"
        }
      ],
      "also_appears_in": [],
      "belief_impact": {
        "level": "none",
        "note": ""
      },
      "eve_response": {
        "text": "'Entirely' was too strong: the 2023 law barred reasonableness review only of decisions by the cabinet, the prime minister and ministers, not of every authority.",
        "belief_change": "none",
        "status": "approved"
      }
    }
  ]
}