Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was admissible despite the absence of a judicial cantonal last instance.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged governmental decision was not a final decision of a judicial cantonal authority; the cantonal avenue had not been exhausted.
Extracted reasoning
In political-rights matters, the cantons must provide a judicial remedy. Since the objection was directed against a government decision under cantonal law, the proper final cantonal authority was the administrative court, so the Federal Supreme Court could not hear the case directly.