US EditionCOMMENT: How Brazil's Judiciary Stood up to Authoritarian Threat
The Supreme Court's split decision creates legal ambiguity that may annul Bolsonaro's convictions, echoing past rulings affecting former President Lula and influencing Brazil's political landscape.
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Brazil's Supreme Court Split Offers Bolsonaro a Second Chance
Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux cast a lone dissent in Bolsonaro’s coup-plot trial, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction. His 13-hour vote opens a legal pathway for future annulment. Fux said lower courts should handle cases against former presidents and criticized the late surge of evidence that overwhelmed defense teams. Experts compare this strategy to the […]
The present prosecution is almost a meeting of Brazil with its past, its present and its future. Thus Cármen Lúcia, judge of the first section of the Federal Supreme Court, motivated the vote that, on September 11, made certain the condemnation of the former president Jair Bolsonaro's sentence at 27 years and 3 months and of other seven co-defended for the attempt of coup d'état. The history of Brazil leaves little doubt about the exceptionality…
Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) appealed to Ulysses Guimarães when speaking this Monday (September 15, 2025) at a rally for democracy and sovereignty, called after the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and high-ranking military officers for attempted coup d'état – an unprecedented decision in Brazil made four days earlier by the Supreme Federal Court (STF). "A traitor to the Constitution is a traitor to the country," said the Vice Preside…
Analysts say there will be difficulty in self-regulation in the STF and ministers will not return to institutional normality with progress on Powers.
The Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Luiz Fux, had a conversation with the colleague of the Court, André Mendonça, during one of his voting sessions in the trial of the coup d'état. Exclusive material for signatories. To have complete access, access the material link and make your daughter.
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