Is Brazil's supreme court very different from the US or is this judge overstepping his authority? I can't imagine some US judge unilaterally waging war against a collection of loosely affiliated businesses like this. Whether you think those Brazilians (some of whom are elected politicians in the opposing party) deserved to be banned from the internet or not the judge's tactics seem very frantic and shoot-from-the-hip.
This judge got appointed the censorship czar without checks or balances. One of the first things he did after getting appointed was wrongly censor a Brazilian magazine's story about the guy that appointed him by calling it fake news.
After other press found the story was true, he was forced to rescind that order. The damage was done.
He also got the cops to raid some businessmen' homes at 6am because they were in a group chat where someone else joked about a coup.
The openly and proudly partisan supreme court? Made up of judges who openly support him in his censorship of the political opposition? Judges who go to public events and showboat about being the ones who defeated the brazilian right? Judges who proudly admit to being communists?
It would have been strange if they hadn't upheld it.
The supreme court has been violating the brazilian law and constitution since 2019. And they get away with it because there's no higher court above them.
Long story short: one brazilian magazine ran a damning article on one of the supreme court judges, so they created a "fake news" inquisition and "randomly" appointed this Moraes guy as the head of it. First thing he did was censor the magazine as "fake news".
And it only got worse from there. The "fake news" campaign is still ongoing. Supreme court is literally the highest power in this country right now. Our representatives only exist to create the illusion of democracy.
There are many differences, starting with the public image. As far as I know, in the US, the Supreme Court is seen as people with ethics and known legal knowledge. In Brazil, they are political appointees. Furthermore, for many, they go beyond the limits and sometimes legislate.
