@MarioNawfal..BRAZIL X FILES: BRAZIL'S SUPREME COURT GRANTED ITSELF UNPRECEDENTED POWERS In 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Court assumed extraordinary powers to initiate investigations independently, acting as investigator, prosecutor, and judge. This decision was so controversial that even former justices criticized it as being unprecedented and flat-out unconstitutional...
THE BRAZIL X FILES: BRAZIL'S SUPREME COURT GRANTED ITSELF UNPRECEDENTED POWERS
In 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Court assumed extraordinary powers to initiate investigations independently, acting as investigator, prosecutor, and judge.
This decision was so controversial that even former justices criticized it as being unprecedented and flat-out unconstitutional.
Justice de Moraes was appointed to conduct the court's first self-initiated investigation and has since used this authority to target critics across the political spectrum, often bypassing traditional legal processes.
Moraes, who also presides over the Superior Electoral Court, has been particularly aggressive in censoring alleged "misinformation" about elections, leading to actions such as social media bans and even federal raids without clear justification.
Leveraging these new powers, he conducted raids on the homes of ten social media users who criticized the court and notably, in July 2019, targeted eight businessmen—freezing their bank accounts and suspending their social media profiles.
Source: Interim Staff Report of the
Committee on the Judiciary and the
Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government Pg.3
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