nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200903-183942-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200903s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200903-183942-0 doi eng 342 23 Vogel, Benjamin Author aut Banana Republic Switzerland? On recent attempts to further politicise elections to the Federal Supreme Court Vogel, Benjamin Verfassungsblog 2020-09-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Donzallaz Federal Supreme Court Judge judicial independence politicised elections Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/banana-republic-switzerland/ raw object