http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200903-183942-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/banana-republic-switzerland/ Banana Republic Switzerland? Vogel, Benjamin eng 2020-09-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Donzallaz Federal Supreme Court Judge judicial independence politicised elections Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Lately, Switzerland’s system of justice has made plenty of negative headlines owing to its Federal Attorney’s failures and misconducts, its Federal Criminal Court’s internal grievances, the Federal Supreme Court’s deficient work as supervisory authority of the former, and the Federal Supreme Court’s president’s sexist verbal abuse made in the same context. These days, reports spread about yet another dubious story: about the election of judges to the Federal Supreme Court, Switzerland’s apex court.