Opinion: Brazil’s Supreme Court Legislates – Badly
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week Brazil’s Supreme Court spent two days debating the impeachment...
December 21, 2015Topic
STF
Opinion: Brazil’s “Catiline Conspiracy”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “O tempora! O mores!” Cicero’s famous phrase, usually translated “Oh the...
December 16, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Surreal Presidential Politics, Part 2
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Pity the poor Curmudgeon. Every time he writes that something is...
December 12, 2015Opinion: A Tale of Two Courts
The Curmudgeon pays attention to news concerning the Judicial Branch of both Brazil and the USA. He is happy to...
November 17, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Citizens Re-United
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) has just dared do what the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) did not dare to...
September 21, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Rural Culture, a “Bovine” Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s second most popular sport in terms of spectators, according to...
August 20, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s (Informal) Death Penalty
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil prides itself on being a “civilized” country, since it does...
August 17, 2015
Opinion: Courting Brazil’s Supreme Court
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Recently, the current STF Presiding Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, had a secret...
July 15, 2015
Opinion: Packing the Court, Chapter 2
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week or next, the Federal Senate will begin hearings to...
May 4, 2015