I think the argument is fundamentally hobbled because its authors refuse to cite the current political situation as a reason for its opposition to the changes.

I think the argument is fundamentally hobbled because its authors refuse to cite the current political situation as a reason for its opposition to the changes. There have been times and places where the proposed balance of judicial and legislative power would not have led to a dangerous descent into autocracy. That’s a function the political culture and inclinations of those at the time. The problem is that Netenyahu’s bloc will, given untrammelled power, attempt to ensconce itself in parliament forever, just as Orban and Modi did. That is fact specific to those times and places, and is essential to the argument.