Tag: Marco Aurelio Mello

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  STF magistrate rules census must go ahead in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Marco Aurélio Mello Wednesday acquiesced to an appeal from the northeastern State of Maranhão and order the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a national census.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Lava Jato leaks: Calls for Minister Moro to resign

  

  Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro faced intense pressure on Tuesday after leaked personal messages raised doubts about his impartiality as the judge overseeing landmark corruption cases, with an influential newspaper calling on him to resign.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  Lula has to remain in jail while Justices decide on procedural controversy

  

  Brazil's former president Lula da Silva remained in prison on Wednesday as two Supreme Court judges issued competing orders over whether he should be released while he tries to get his graft conviction overturned.

• Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 11:10 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Tribunal: of the eleven Justices, seven were named by Lula and Rousseff

  

  The Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal acts primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country, and its rulings cannot be appealed. The court is made up of eleven members, Justices, addressed to as Ministers, and they are appointed by the president and must be approved by the Senate.

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Lula's defense hopes for an early retrieve if Supreme Court changes a key law

  

  Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began a 12-year jail sentence on Saturday in Curitiba, could win an early reprieve if the country's top court decides to change a key law. Marco Aurelio Mello, a judge at the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), said he would petition the divided court next Wednesday to revisit the current law on incarceration during appeals.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 11:44 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court defuses clash with Senate, but Calheiros no longer in presidential succession line

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court voted Wednesday to leave Senate President Renan Calheiros in his powerful leadership post, raising hopes economic overhauls making their way through Congress can be approved.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 06:43 UTC

  Renan Calheiros suspended from Parliament during his trial for corruption

  

  Brazil's Senate Speaker Renan Calheiros was suspended from duties by a Supreme Curt judge Monday, pending his trial where he faces corruption charges in what constitutes anothe blow to President Michel Temer's administration. The decision, made by judge Marco Aurelio Mello was effective immediately, but needs to be confirmed by a majority of judges on the supreme court bench, a court official said.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2016 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil's governance crisis closer to a snap election as soon as October

  

  A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, deepening a political crisis and uncertainty over leadership of Latin America's largest country. Justice Marco Aurelio Mello told the lower house to convene an impeachment committee to consider putting Temer on trial on charges he helped manipulate budget accounting as part of President Dilma Rousseff's administration.