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Does that hold up however? I can think of several ballot initiatives in the US which were approved by the voters and became law only to be struck down by the co

• clbrmbr 4y ago
  Most (all?) of the Swiss popular initiatives are implemented as constitutional amendments. The closest we have in the USA is “Article 5” —- if you can get two-thirds of the state legislatures to ratify an amendment, it becomes part of the constitution, without any federal say in the matter. In
• panick21_ 4y ago
  That can't happen that easily. And not by the courts. If the whole government is totally opposed they might drag their feet.
• nradov 4y ago
  The US federal government does not have ballot initiatives. Some states do have ballot initiatives but obviously those can't override the Constitution. For example, see California Proposition 187 on illegal immigration which was passed by voters in 1994 but then largely struck down in federal court.
• duxup 4y ago
  Well in the US a national level bailout wouldn’t be started with a direct ballot initiative. That’s not a thing at the federal level. And I can’t speak about Switzerland but even state level ballot initiatives can be checked by the courts if they violate some other law. CA voted to ban gay marriage via ballot initiative, their courts stuck that down.
  • sidewndr46 4y ago
    That is the point I'm making. Voters could pass a ballot initiative that prohibits a bailout, but a court could find that the corporation has a right to a bailout or that the government can't be overruled on matters of national security by a popular vote. I don't know enough about how Switzerland is established as a country to talk specifics. I only know that it isn't technically an EU member, but is part of the Schengen zone.