The referendum is a popular veto, not a device for innovating law

Evidence

In contrast to the initiative, which operates to transfer from the legislature to the people the power to innovate new law, the referendum operates as a popular veto power or check on the legislature’s innovation. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 3565

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Election votes select candidates rather than deciding specific measures. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3768; Framing a repeal referendum mischaracterized the law’s actual effect — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 11394; An elected government overrode a popular referendum to impose austerity terms — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 19 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Framing a repeal referendum mischaracterized the law’s actual effect #expands (0.90) — , The Rod and the Child, 11394
• Expellee groups could veto policy options but not shape policy positively #exemplifies (0.85) — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 178
• An elected government overrode a popular referendum to impose austerity terms #qualifies (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 19
• Repoliticization has not translated into popular policy control #corroborates (0.75) — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 26