Tag: . Justice Luiz Fux

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 08:51 UTC

  Temer wins the day with a divided vote. “The system needs stability” was the decisive argument

  

  Brazil's top electoral court gave embattled President Michel Temer a big victory late Friday, voting to reject allegations of campaign finance violations that could have removed him from office. After four days of deliberations, judges voted 4-3 in a case that many viewed as a measure of whether Temer could remain in office amid a ballooning corruption scandal and single-digit popularity.

• Monday, December 19th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

  Another major clash between Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress in the making

  

  Another major clash between Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress in the making. Justice Luiz Fux ruled to return the anti-corruption bill back to its initial stages in the Lower House, despite the fact the fill had already reached Senate and was preparing to put the bill to a vote.