Explaining Brazil
Explaining Brazil
The Brazilian Report
Time to investigate Brazil's Supreme Court justices? (preview)
8 minutes Posted Mar 19, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Amid deepening polarization and the judiciary’s growing role in the country’s political life, Brazil’s Supreme Court has become accustomed to being rated poorly by a significant share of the population. In recent years, most of that opposition has come from the far right, which saw the court as a barrier to its onslaught on democracy — including the attempted coup following the 2022 election. The problem now is that the dissatisfaction has become widespread — and is being driven precisely by ...