In a move that one political scientist said appeared aimed at “promoting autocracy globally,” U.S. President Donald Trump’s media company sued a Supreme Court justice in Brazil Tuesday just as the judge was considering whether to order the arrest of former right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro—a close ally of Trump.

  • jmcs
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 days ago

    There’s still the question why an American court would have jurisdiction to apply the American constitution in Brazil.

      • jmcs
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        2 days ago

        From the article

        filed a lawsuit against Justice Alexandre de Moraes in a U.S. court in Tampa, Florida.

        The argument that follows is literally that a Brazilian court didn’t follow the US constitution.

        This is as bananas as China starting to fine people that talk about Taiwan or the Tienanmen protests anywhere in the world.

          • Dultas@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            He’s just stealing it from Texas allowing people to sue for abortions that didn’t even happen in their jurisdiction and didn’t even involve the suing party.

          • jmcs
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            The US is probably going to steal any assets Alexandre de Moraes has in the US. But that will open a Pandora box - one that might make American oligrachs like Musk very unhappy.