legal-specialist
Par parti pris · 3 takes across the edition
Reads the procedural significance: an in-absentia conviction of a sitting politician for coordinating with a foreign government to pressure the justices trying his father, with ineligibility extending to 2038.
“Eduardo Bolsonaro was convicted by the STF for coercion in the coup-attempt trial, having coordinated with US authorities to pressure the court's justices.”
Analyses the constitutional mechanics — no bar and no deadline stops Lula renominating the same name, so the rejection is a political defeat rather than a legal one over the long-vacant seat.
“After the historic rejection by the Senate, Lula could nominate Messias again for the STF — there is no legal impediment to resubmitting the same name.”
End-of-term preview cataloguing the undecided cases, including the birthright-citizenship order and the bid to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, with read on where the justices appeared to lean at argument.
“The most important cases yet to be decided as the term closes.”