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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20221129-001634-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/juristocracy-strikes-back/ Juristocracy Strikes Back - Brazil's Electoral Court Fines Bolsonaro and the Coup Makers Palamone, Gustavo eng 2022-11-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bolsonaro Brazilian elections Brazilian Electoral Court Juristocracy Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Once again, Brazil’s highest electoral court finds itself taking the spotlights in the international media for its incredibly fierce – and, admittedly, also controversial – involvement in the country’s elections. As an institution deeply committed to the defence of democracy and its electoral processes, it has gone to previously unimagined lengths to secure that political competition stays within high standards of freedom and fairness, even in face of the most effortful attempts of subverting the electoral game. The Court’s latest headline is no different.