Alexandre de Moraes: The Judge Who Became King and Silenced Brazil’s Opposition

There is an old maxim that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. In the case of Alexandre de Moraes, Justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), this axiom has never been more fitting. What began as a judicial appointment under questionable circumstances has metastasized into a consolidation of unchecked authority, turning Mora…