One of the many extraordinary powers that the progressive Israeli Supreme Court has given itself is the authority to invalidate a government action based on the Justices’ conclusion that the government did not weigh, or properly weigh, all relevant public interest considerations before acting. This “reasonableness” doctrine is an open-ended judicial check to ensure that elected officials and civil servants “respect their fiduciary duties vis-a-vis the public they serve and exercise their powers with a view to advancing the public interest,” explain Israeli law professors Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany, defenders of the doctrine. The Court has invoked the reasonableness doctrine to invalidate numerous government appointments and initiatives.