nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200617-003744-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200616s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200617-003744-0 doi eng 342 23 Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Author aut Judicial Responses to Bolsonarism: The Leading Role of the Federal Supreme Court Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Verfassungsblog 2020-06-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Criticism against the Brazilian judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, has been on the rise in the past couple of decades. Under Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, however, courts are experiencing a more radical and dangerous form of opposition, which transcends the borders of legitimate criticism and undertakes a direct attack on the judicial branch. This must be understood in light of the Federal Supreme Court’s backlash against Bolsonaro’s maneuvers to flame his supporters and violate the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. This article aims at recollecting the most important rulings and procedures that take part in this reaction. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Bolsonaro Democratic Backsliding rule of law crisis Bustamante, Thomas Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/judicial-responses-to-bolsonarism-the-leading-role-of-the-federal-supreme-court/ raw object