New Look

To whom it may concern:
We are experimenting with the blog's look right now. We could do some killer stuff, but since our support is limited to readers who don't like to buy things from us, we are limited to what blogspot will let us do for free. The design right now is called "Retro; circa '96" because is looks like the first web page I ever designed using html--and no, my skills have not improved much since then. Leave comments as to your interest in the blog's aesthetics, and what you would like to see as far as layout.

Israel's Judicial System

I spent yesterday evening listening to a judge in the Israeli court system explain the judicial system of Israel,
and was astonished to find out that ALL the judges are appointed by a committee, patterned after the United
States process, yet politics is strictly forbidden in the selection process, AND judges are NOT to impose
their personal policy preferences as they shape the law.

In Israel, there is no written constitution, so the judiciary has taken Turkish law, English Common Law,
and the European law (as well as US and Biblical law) and melded them all together into a living breathing
constitution, that is just not written down. Right now lobbyists are trying to get the Parliament to write a
constitution, but I don't know if it will happen any time soon.

As far as the lack of personal policy preferences in the Judiciary branch, one would think that in a
country without a written constitution there would be even more personal judicial policy pushed upon the
people than somewhere where, say, there is a written constitution that the judges are only supposed to
uphold and not change to meet their own personal or political needs.

On a side note, Israel also recognizes all other religions and have special tribunals to decide
conflicts within each faith.