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by vfclists5 hours ago |
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upvoteby Vaushite5 hours ago|
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If the Brazilian justice system had any integrity, it would not be illegal to attempt to catch the court shirking its duties. A note would be made of whether the court was or was not shirking its duties, and if it was, the court would be punished.
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upvoteby matheusmoreira2 hours ago|
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> If the Brazilian justice system had any integrity [...] the court would be punished.

Where to begin...

The Brazilian supreme court essentially runs the country monocratically alongside the executive, bypassing the senate and congress.

We had to elect enough opposition senators to form an absolute majority in the senate with the explicit goal of impeaching the supreme court judges for infinitely worse violations than this.

Even after this herculean effort, nothing is guaranteed. The judges are nearly omnipotent and might just find a crime to hang our senators with before 2027. The crime of the day is foreign influence: they accuse our senators of having been financed by Americans.

Integrity has left this country a long time ago.

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upvoteby exe342 hours ago|
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> they accuse our senators of having been financed by Americans.

Oh no, they pointed out things that are happening: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-...

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upvoteby matheusmoreira1 hours ago|
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Nothing new under the sun. Their side was financed by USAID too. If they're going to hang people for that, they need to do it to both parties and themselves.
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upvoteby pbhjpbhj1 hours ago|
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So you first argued that the courts were using false charges of foreign influence as a political weapon. Now you say that the charges are correct?
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upvoteby matheusmoreira16 minutes ago|
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> So you first argued that the courts were using false charges of foreign influence

Nowhere did I say the charges were false.

> as a political weapon

It is a political weapon.

Seven minutes after losing the presidential election, an order to seize Flávio Bolsonaro's passports was signed by supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes. He's being investigated for several things, including illegally receiving money from banker Daniel Vorcaro as funding for a film about his father, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. The order caused him to flee the country and seek political asylum in the USA.

The judge himself has dealings with Daniel Vorcaro: he messaged the judge on WhatsApp and asked whether he should leave the country in order to escape arrest. The judge's wife received millions of dollars from the banker as well.

It's all so brazen and transparent that I come off as unhinged when I try to explain it. Reality is unrealistic.

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upvoteby rcxdude1 hours ago|
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Selective enforcement is a pretty good political weapon
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upvoteby lcuff3 hours ago|
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In America, the court systems are overwhelmed. The majority of cases are plea-bargained because the court doesn't have the capacity to hear them all. "Shirking duties?" Having an AI help (and I mean 'help', not 'be solely responsible') to identify the cases that deserve attention is stepping up to it's duties, IMHO.

And ... I didn't read this as an attempt to catch the court shirking it's duties. They weren't going to report the court, they were just going to take advantage of having achieved a low profile for the case.

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upvoteby iammrpayments3 hours ago|
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The fine they applied is equivalent to 1~2 weeks of work from a judge.
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