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DavidDvorkin

(20,823 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:33 PM 5 hrs ago

Knesset passes sweeping law allowing government to override attorney general

Knesset approved a sweeping law Wednesday evening that sharply weakens the authority of the attorney general, allowing the government to disregard the office’s legal opinions and determine for itself how the law should be interpreted.

Trump and the GOP are drooling in envy.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rk00rjbbefg

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Knesset passes sweeping law allowing government to override attorney general (Original Post) DavidDvorkin 5 hrs ago OP

By doing this aren't they voiding their govt immunity and subjecting themselves personally to lawsuits??? nt in2herbs 4 hrs ago #1

Good question. DavidDvorkin 3 hrs ago #3

Trump already did this with an executive order hookaleft 4 hrs ago #2

How very "only Democracy in the region". mr715 3 hrs ago #4

It still is, at this point DavidDvorkin 1 hr ago #5

It is hard to justify claims that it is a free and fair democracy. mr715 1 hr ago #6

in2herbs

(4,700 posts)

1. By doing this aren't they voiding their govt immunity and subjecting themselves personally to lawsuits??? nt

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:51 PM

4 hrs ago

DavidDvorkin

(20,823 posts)

3. Good question.

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:48 PM

3 hrs ago

hookaleft

(1,574 posts)

2. Trump already did this with an executive order

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:00 PM

4 hrs ago

Section 7 of Executive Order 14125 provides:

"Sec. 7. Rules of Conduct Guiding Federal Employees' Interpretation of the Law. The President and the Attorney General, subject to the President's supervision and control, shall provide authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch. The President and the Attorney General's opinions on questions of law are controlling on all employees in the conduct of their official duties. No employee of the executive branch acting in their official capacity may advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the President or the Attorney General's opinion on a matter of law, including but not limited to the issuance of regulations, guidance, and positions advanced in litigation, unless authorized to do so by the President or in writing by the Attorney General."

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https://www.nafsa.org/regulatory-information/executive-order-14215-february-18-2025-ensuring-accountability-all-agencies