nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230704-231021-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230704s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230704-231021-0 doi eng 342 23 Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-7500-0705 Bolsonaro Faces the Rule of Law Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Verfassungsblog 2023-07-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 30 June 2023, the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro is disqualified from running for any electoral position for the next eight years. Although there are fifteen other electoral actions brought against Bolsonaro by other political parties or by public electoral prosecutors, most of which refer to accusations of attempting to compromise the integrity of the 2022 elections, this was the first case to reach Brazil’s highest electoral court. Despite there being a precedent, the ruling is not a legal innovation, but the mere application of existing laws. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bolsonaro Brazil Electoral Fraud Electoral Law Electoral Superior Court Militant Democracy Rule of Law Bustamante, Thomas Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-4493-0088 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/bolsonaro-faces-the-rule-of-law/ raw object