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Not the person you are responding to, but just as an FYI: in Brazil right now there are certain groups attempting to stamp political motivation on the decisions

Not the person you are responding to, but just as an FYI: in Brazil right now there are certain groups attempting to stamp political motivation on the decisions of the upper judiciary and discredit its impartiality and capacity to judge. The reason most of these politicians and alies are acting like this is fear. See what they just tried to vote a couple of months ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Amendment_of_Shielding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Amendment_of_Sh... The popular name of this amendment should tell you everything you need to know about its purpose. There were several large protests before the vote on the Senate, and before it was eventually ruled unconstitutional by a commission from the Senate. It is also important to note members of Congress and Senate already have a certain level of immunity in Brazil and can only be judged by the Supreme Federal Court, and this would further restrict the ability of the judiciary branch to give sentences to politicians convicted of any serious wrongdoing. Last, but not least, I can tell you that you quoting the CNN article would probably ruffle some feathers from (most of) the same ones questioning the Supreme Court. I speak from experience. *edit: spelling

matheusmoreira 10mo ago
"Certain groups" are ruining the court's impartiality by pointing out the fact it has been investigating, prosecuting, judging and executing made up crimes against themselves since at least 2019? Judge straight up comes out to the public and brags about how they all personally defeated Bolsonaro? Same guy who's implicated in the USAID nonsense? And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? I'm tired, man. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 The "shielding" law is absolute nonsense yet I can't even fault them for trying. What else are you supposed to do when you have a supreme court that has essentially usurped all power?
- ameixaseca 10mo ago
  The the link above does not survive 15 seconds of a Google search for its first statement: https://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/noticiaNoticiaStf/anexo/Deciso4874Assinada.pdf https://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/noticiaNoticiaStf/anexo/D... It names the FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE as the author, not the Supreme Court. > And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? I did not say this and I was not trying to imply a conspiracy in what I said, only that this is a blatant attempt from the Congress to protect their own interests. It is not a conspiracy when Congress members like Nikolas Ferreira say things like: '' If any Member of Parliament commits a crime, they will go to jail. This House just needs to say "yes." '' Which means the Congress now will be the final judge, overriding the Supreme Court (via secret voting, btw). Source for his speech: https://www.camara.leg.br/internet/SitaqWeb/TextoHTML.asp?etapa=5&nuSessao=186.2025&nuQuarto=4609458&nuOrador=1&nuInsercao=1&dtHorarioQuarto=18:04&sgFaseSessao=OD&Data=16/09/2025&txApelido=Nikolas%20Ferreira&txFaseSessao=Ordem%20do%20Dia&txTipoSessao=Ordin%C3%A1ria%20-%20CD&dtHoraQuarto=18:04&txEtapa= https://www.camara.leg.br/internet/SitaqWeb/TextoHTML.asp?et... (in Portuguese) > Judge straight up comes out to the public and brags about how they all personally defeated Bolsonaro? Same guy who's implicated in the USAID nonsense? And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? FYI, I was not taking about Bolsonaro. Again, 30 seconds of Google and I can find not only what are you taking about USAID (Musk accusing USAID of interfering in the Brazilian election) but the fact that this is most likely false and has no basis whatsoever. A claim requires evidence, and as far as the evidence goes it is pretty much all there is. For the other claims, it is a matter of opinion. I don't see it that way. > I'm tired, man. I think, in a sense, everyone is. The question you need to ask youself is: what are you fighting for? I couldn't put it better than this article: https://www.ibanet.org/Bolsonaro-conviction-signals-Brazil%E2%80%99s-democratic-resilience https://www.ibanet.org/Bolsonaro-conviction-signals-Brazil%E... My suggestion is for you to consider everything Bolsonaro says and stands for and ask youself: is he really standing for democracy? Are the judges in the way of someone that stands for democracy? If your answer is yes, then we have a fundamental disagreement and from this point on we can only agree to disagree.
  - matheusmoreira 10mo ago
    > It names the FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE as the author, not the Supreme Court. https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-14/toffoli-abre-inquerito-apurar-ameacas-ministros-tribunal/ https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-14/toffoli-abre-inquerito... https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-22/alexandre-moraes-manda-bloquear-perfis-atacaram-stf/ https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-22/alexandre-moraes-manda... https://www.conjur.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/comunicado-supremo-tribunal-federal1-5.pdf https://www.conjur.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/comunic... > THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT ... > RESOLVES to instantiate the inquisition... > DESIGNATES the minister Alexandre de Moraes ... > Signed Minister Dias Toffoli, President As you can see, there is absolutely nothing wrong with anything that was claimed. > this is a blatant attempt from the Congress to protect their own interests That's not what you said. You said "certain groups" are trying to undermine the non-existent impartiality of the supreme court. They've been doing an excellent job at destroying it all by themselves. As to your claim that congress is blatantly trying to protect itself, we're not in disagreement. I even said so in my original comment. I don't agree with that asinine "shielding" law at all. I merely expressed sympathy towards their reasons for doing so. The only reason the supreme court hasn't straight up dissolved congress is they need it to exist so this country can have a veneer of democracy. Here's a notable episode: our current president and his ministers have been on a taxation spree since he took office; at some point our elected congress started blocking their attempts to raise taxes on us; the supreme court suddenly swoops in and overrides our elected congress on this matter, giving the president what he wants. The only reason the supreme court hasn't dissolved congress is they still need it to exist so this country can have a veneer of democracy. > Musk accusing USAID of interfering in the Brazilian election Not Musk. Accusations come from Mike Benz, former US State Department official. https://www.riotimesonline.com/explosive-allegation-was-lulas-2022-victory-influenced-by-bidens-u-s-programs/ https://www.riotimesonline.com/explosive-allegation-was-lula... This aligns with my own memories of the 2022 election. I stopped trusting the voting machines when I saw Biden's top CIA official tell Bolsonaro to stop questioning them. > what are you fighting for? At this point? My own sanity. This country is hopeless, it can't be fixed. Nevertheless I can't remain silent in these discussions because I feel like I'm being gaslit. > Are the judges in the way of someone that stands for democracy? The judges are themselves against democracy. My position is they have themselves pulled off a silent coup and are now running the country monocratically. Whatever Bolsonaro plotted to do is mostly irrelevant when faced with this. If anything it'd be a counter-coup.

matheusmoreira 10mo ago

"Certain groups" are ruining the court's impartiality by pointing out the fact it has been investigating, prosecuting, judging and executing made up crimes against themselves since at least 2019? Judge straight up comes out to the public and brags about how they all personally defeated Bolsonaro? Same guy who's implicated in the USAID nonsense? And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? I'm tired, man. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966382 The "shielding" law is absolute nonsense yet I can't even fault them for trying. What else are you supposed to do when you have a supreme court that has essentially usurped all power?

ameixaseca 10mo ago
The the link above does not survive 15 seconds of a Google search for its first statement: https://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/noticiaNoticiaStf/anexo/Deciso4874Assinada.pdf https://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/noticiaNoticiaStf/anexo/D... It names the FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE as the author, not the Supreme Court. > And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? I did not say this and I was not trying to imply a conspiracy in what I said, only that this is a blatant attempt from the Congress to protect their own interests. It is not a conspiracy when Congress members like Nikolas Ferreira say things like: '' If any Member of Parliament commits a crime, they will go to jail. This House just needs to say "yes." '' Which means the Congress now will be the final judge, overriding the Supreme Court (via secret voting, btw). Source for his speech: https://www.camara.leg.br/internet/SitaqWeb/TextoHTML.asp?etapa=5&nuSessao=186.2025&nuQuarto=4609458&nuOrador=1&nuInsercao=1&dtHorarioQuarto=18:04&sgFaseSessao=OD&Data=16/09/2025&txApelido=Nikolas%20Ferreira&txFaseSessao=Ordem%20do%20Dia&txTipoSessao=Ordin%C3%A1ria%20-%20CD&dtHoraQuarto=18:04&txEtapa= https://www.camara.leg.br/internet/SitaqWeb/TextoHTML.asp?et... (in Portuguese) > Judge straight up comes out to the public and brags about how they all personally defeated Bolsonaro? Same guy who's implicated in the USAID nonsense? And you make it out to be a conspiracy theory? FYI, I was not taking about Bolsonaro. Again, 30 seconds of Google and I can find not only what are you taking about USAID (Musk accusing USAID of interfering in the Brazilian election) but the fact that this is most likely false and has no basis whatsoever. A claim requires evidence, and as far as the evidence goes it is pretty much all there is. For the other claims, it is a matter of opinion. I don't see it that way. > I'm tired, man. I think, in a sense, everyone is. The question you need to ask youself is: what are you fighting for? I couldn't put it better than this article: https://www.ibanet.org/Bolsonaro-conviction-signals-Brazil%E2%80%99s-democratic-resilience https://www.ibanet.org/Bolsonaro-conviction-signals-Brazil%E... My suggestion is for you to consider everything Bolsonaro says and stands for and ask youself: is he really standing for democracy? Are the judges in the way of someone that stands for democracy? If your answer is yes, then we have a fundamental disagreement and from this point on we can only agree to disagree.
- matheusmoreira 10mo ago
  > It names the FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE as the author, not the Supreme Court. https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-14/toffoli-abre-inquerito-apurar-ameacas-ministros-tribunal/ https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-14/toffoli-abre-inquerito... https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-22/alexandre-moraes-manda-bloquear-perfis-atacaram-stf/ https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-mar-22/alexandre-moraes-manda... https://www.conjur.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/comunicado-supremo-tribunal-federal1-5.pdf https://www.conjur.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/comunic... > THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT ... > RESOLVES to instantiate the inquisition... > DESIGNATES the minister Alexandre de Moraes ... > Signed Minister Dias Toffoli, President As you can see, there is absolutely nothing wrong with anything that was claimed. > this is a blatant attempt from the Congress to protect their own interests That's not what you said. You said "certain groups" are trying to undermine the non-existent impartiality of the supreme court. They've been doing an excellent job at destroying it all by themselves. As to your claim that congress is blatantly trying to protect itself, we're not in disagreement. I even said so in my original comment. I don't agree with that asinine "shielding" law at all. I merely expressed sympathy towards their reasons for doing so. The only reason the supreme court hasn't straight up dissolved congress is they need it to exist so this country can have a veneer of democracy. Here's a notable episode: our current president and his ministers have been on a taxation spree since he took office; at some point our elected congress started blocking their attempts to raise taxes on us; the supreme court suddenly swoops in and overrides our elected congress on this matter, giving the president what he wants. The only reason the supreme court hasn't dissolved congress is they still need it to exist so this country can have a veneer of democracy. > Musk accusing USAID of interfering in the Brazilian election Not Musk. Accusations come from Mike Benz, former US State Department official. https://www.riotimesonline.com/explosive-allegation-was-lulas-2022-victory-influenced-by-bidens-u-s-programs/ https://www.riotimesonline.com/explosive-allegation-was-lula... This aligns with my own memories of the 2022 election. I stopped trusting the voting machines when I saw Biden's top CIA official tell Bolsonaro to stop questioning them. > what are you fighting for? At this point? My own sanity. This country is hopeless, it can't be fixed. Nevertheless I can't remain silent in these discussions because I feel like I'm being gaslit. > Are the judges in the way of someone that stands for democracy? The judges are themselves against democracy. My position is they have themselves pulled off a silent coup and are now running the country monocratically. Whatever Bolsonaro plotted to do is mostly irrelevant when faced with this. If anything it'd be a counter-coup.