Court cites time constraints as reason for refusing to postpone; opposition says request meant to push court president Hayut out of case

PM's son calls on followers to attend protest scheduled for later in the week near home of court president Esther Hayut

Ahead of potential constitutional showdown, group of academics argue current leadership is 'seeking to serve as a single branch of government, elevated above all the rest'

Cabinet secretary says coalition will seek to bring opposition on board; if ruling bloc doesn't succeed, it'll split panel evenly with each bloc making up half the representatives

Cabinet secretary says legislation will be passed as a basic law, which he claims will make it 'immune to judicial review'

Sagit Afik asks High Court for right to respond, says attorney general setting 'precedent' in backing nixing of legislation

Reported remarks come as clarification for Baharav-Miara's call to strike down law preventing her from recusing the prime minister, which she says was personally tailored to the PM

Baharav-Miara backs petition by Movement for Quality Government seeking unprecedented judicial action against Basic Law passed in March keeping court from ordering PM's suspension

Legislation seeks to equate Torah study and military service, leading opposition to rage against proposal and Netanyahu's party to deny it will be advancing to a vote

Status took hold after gov't readied bill to control judge selections for last vote, advanced 'reasonableness' bill and bill to bar judges from scrapping Basic Laws, former AG says