Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism MK; Constitution Committee chair; architect of the 2023 judicial overhaul) — his Tablet op-ed "Why I Refuse to Stop Fighting for Judicial Reform": the majoritarian case — "A law endorsed by 90 elected representatives canceled by a court citing a document approved by 32… is not democracy."

Laws passed by overwhelming Knesset majorities—80 members, 90 members, representing the clear will of the Israeli public—were struck down by unelected judges based on their own broad interpretation of basic laws that were themselves passed by as few as 32 Knesset members. A law endorsed by 90 elected representatives canceled by a court citing a document approved by 32 is not justice. It is not democracy.

[Source is English — Simcha Rothman's own bylined op-ed in Tablet Magazine, "Why I Refuse to Stop Fighting for Judicial Reform" (page datePublished 9 June 2026); tier-2, confirmed verbatim against the fetched page (em-dash glyphs preserved).] Declared position of Simcha Rothman — a Religious Zionism party Knesset member, chair of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and the principal legislative ARCHITECT of the 2023 JUDICIAL OVERHAUL — the most divisive domestic conflict in Israel's recent history, which triggered months of mass protests. His core argument is MAJORITARIAN: that an unelected Supreme Court striking down laws passed by large elected Knesset majorities (citing "basic laws" adopted by as few as 32 members) is itself undemocratic — "A law endorsed by 90 elected representatives canceled by a court citing a document approved by 32 is not justice. It is not democracy." He champions returning "decision-making power to the people of Israel," giving the elected coalition control over judicial appointments, curbing the Court's use of the "reasonableness" standard, and ending what he calls a "juristocracy." This is the ISRAELI JUDICIAL-OVERHAUL / MAJORITARIAN-DEMOCRACY / RELIGIOUS-ZIONIST-RIGHT pole — the elected majority's supremacy over the courts — the direct CONTESTED-CELL COUNTER to the liberal / judicial-independence camp and to critics (Ehud Olmert, Ahmad Tibi) who frame the overhaul as "the death of democracy." [Axes: democracy / constitutionalism (majoritarianism vs judicial review; the elected Knesset vs the "unelected" Supreme Court; separation of powers), regime-type (illiberal-majoritarian reform vs liberal checks-and-balances), religion-state / identity (the Religious-Zionist right's project), institutional-power (coalition control over judicial appointments).]