Article 71 : Jurisdiction of the Federal Constitutional Court

The Federal Constitutional Court shall rule:
1. on the interpretation of this Basic Law;
2. in the event of disagreements or doubts concerning the compatibility of federal law or Cantonal law with this Basic Law;
3. in the event of disagreements or doubts concerning the compatibility of Cantonal law with other federal law or application of the Federal Government;
4. in the event of disagreements concerning the rights and duties of the Federation and the Cantons;
5. on other disputes involving public law between the Federation and the Cantons or between different Cantons;
6. on complaints, which may be filed by any Canton or Municipality alleging that one of its basic rights has been infringed by public authority or another Canton;
7. on complaints filed by the Canton or a municipality or associations of municipalities on the ground that its right to self-government has been infringed by a federal law or by another Canton or any sub-entity thereof;
8. For avoidance of doubt, conflicts between municipalities of a Canton and Cantonal Authorities are heard at, and solved by, the Cantonal court system and cannot be taken to the Federal Constitutional Court or any other Federal court;
9. in the other instances provided for in this Basic Law.
The Federal Constitutional Court shall also rule on such other matters as shall be assigned to it by a federal law.