Constitutional Power Struggle in Brazil - Jair Bolsonaro and the Supreme Court Are on the Brink of a War
Oliveira de Sousa, Felipe
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2022
Verfassungsblog
2022-05-05
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On 20th April 2022, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) convicted Federal Deputy Daniel Lucio da Silveira to eight years and nine months imprisonment, based on his verbal attacks against the democratic rule of law, Supreme Court judges and other state institutions. The next day, President Bolsonaro issued a controversial decree granting pardon to the Deputy and ordering the immediate extinction of all the punishments imposed by the Supreme Court. Even though the constitutionality of the decree can be debated, the main discussion is a political, not a legal one.
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Oliveira de Sousa, Felipe
Authoritarianism
Bolsonaro
Brazilian Supreme Court
Rule of Law
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