Moraes Criticized on WSJ: Brazil No Longer Has An Independent Judiciary

Thanks to Elon Musk, Judges like Moraes will have a global stage, like it or not...

Excerpt from Elon Musk Resists Brazilian Censorship, It’s a spat between a politicized high court and critics of the left-wing president - Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ

Brazil’s Supreme Court last week ordered the federal police to add billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to its “digital militia inquiry.”

The investigation is designed to uncover an alleged conspiracy not by armed commandos but by wordsmiths.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes wants Mr. Musk’s Twitter platform to block utterances by Brazilian users that the judiciary deems fake news.

Mr. Musk has decided to resist this CENSORSHIP, making him the target of federal prosecutors.

This case has nothing to do with containing the dominance of big tech or reducing risks to democracy or even protecting children from social media.

This is a fight between a POLITICIZED SUPREME COURT and critics of President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva.

It shows Brazil no longer has an independent judiciary.

The grim reality is that its democracy is dying in broad daylight.