http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201223-172613-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/opposing-an-idle-federal-government/ Opposing an Idle Federal Government Bustamante, Thomas Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Tirado, Felipe eng 2020-12-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Austrian Supreme Court COVID 19 federalism Jair Bolsonaro vaccination Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Last week, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court ruled that mandatory vaccination is constitutional and that states and municipalities may implement vaccination plans if the federal government does not do so. Deciding on five cases altogether, the court strengthened Brazilian federalism in the face of a federal government that remains largely inactive in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.