nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170317-155526 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 130118s2013||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20170317-155526 doi ger 342 23 Dyevre, Arthur Author aut French Millionaires’ Tax Decision: Are Good Judges Bad For Democracy? Dyevre, Arthur Verfassungsblog 2013-01-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Just before the turn of the year, on December 29th, the French Constitutional Council overturned the socialist government’s 75% income-tax rate for the rich, a measure the new occupant of the Elysée Palace, François Hollande, had turned into an anti-rich symbol during his presidential campaign. This is not the first time a flagship campaign pledge of this sort is quashed by a constitutional court. The ruling raises a somewhat counter-intuitive paradox. Namely, that good judicial technocrats might, by preventing the adoption of bad policies, undermine the deliberative quality of the democratic process. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Judicial Review Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/french-millionaires-tax-decision-are-good-judges-bad-for-democracy/ raw object