| >That is not how it works. I won't even get into the separation of the "Three Powers" (legislative, executive and judiciary): he shares "the power" with other 10 supreme-court judges [1], and he is not even the president of it! Yes, that's how it works, it's a mistake to think that the Brazilian supreme court works like the American one in the Brazilian supreme court there is an instrument called "monocratic decision", in which a judge of the supreme court can make decisions alone. Obviously the other judges have to analyze the monocratic decision later, but until they do, the "monocratic decision" is valid. Alexandre de Moraes has already suspended Telegram in Brazil using "monocratic decision". Alexandre de Moraes has already threatened to arrest Facebook employees in Brazil, because Facebook did not want to suspend profiles worldwide, it only wanted to suspend them locally. >De Moraes is known for his conservative, and not left-wing, positions [2]; as a matter of fact, on Wikipedia it is written "Alexandre de Moraes sent armoured vehicles to suppress left-wing demonstrations." Alexandre de Moraes was conservative, he is currently leftist He appears on TV defending the fake news bill, he forced Telegram to send a positive message about the fake news bill, he ordered Telegram to delete the company's opinion on the fake news bill and put his opinion on it. This goes against the Brazilian constitution, but the supreme court has unlimited powers and any order from it will be followed by the Federal Police. Monark, a Brazilian influencer who currently lives in Miami, was fined R$300,000 (60,000 USD) by Alexandre de Moraes for not believing in electronic voting machines. This goes against the Brazilian constitution, but the supreme court has unlimited powers and any order from it will be followed by the Federal Police. > they did not make such a steer on the legal decision. That's not true. The second impeached president said at the time that it was a coup d'état, and to this day she says it was a coup d'état. The party of the second impeached president also says it was a coup d'état Brazilian freedom of expression has always been less than the American one, but De Moraes reduced it even more. |