http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f09ae160da070892 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-legal-profession-in-the-executive-branch/ The Legal Profession in the Executive Branch - Lessons from Brazil Pires, Felipe Luciano eng 2025-07-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bolsonaro Bolsonaro Jair | 1955– | Politiker; Abgeordneter; Staatspräsident Brasilien Brazil Democratic Backsliding Government Government lawyers Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro Jair | 1955– | Politiker; Abgeordneter; Staatspräsident Brasilien Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Trump administration is reshaping the roles of the U.S. legal profession and the civil service to use them as a tool to support the President’s political interests. This impacts an understudied and politically significant group of bureaucrats: government lawyers. They play a critical gatekeeper role in establishing legal principles that can both enable and hinder the systematic weakening of democratic institutions. The case of Brazil has a lot of important lessons to offer.