nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210106-223705-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210106s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210106-223705-0 doi eng 342 23 Kanegae, Kenji Author aut The Brazilian Constitution Hanging by a Thread Kanegae, Kenji Verfassungsblog 2021-01-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a December judgement, the Brazilian Supreme Court finally prohibited the re-election of the president of the House of Representatives, which had been practice for decades despite being in direct violation of the Brazilian constitution. In 2020, there has been unequivocal interest in the position of president of the House of Representatives as it holds the constitutional power to initiate an impeachment process, threatening president Bolsonaro. Although the Court ultimately declared the re-election unconstitutional, five dissenting votes of this judgment demonstrate the power of abusive judicial review. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 abusive judicial review Bolsonaro Impeachment Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-brazilian-constitution-hanging-by-a-thread/ raw object