Brazilian Senate Shelves the Shielding PEC though Standoff with the Supremo Tribunal Federal Persists

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Issue Sep 17-23 2025: The unanimous decision of the senators formally buries the lower Câmara dos Deputados’ attempt to expand the prerogatives of legislators and party leaders, shielding them from prosecution and arrest. Yet the shelving of the so-called Shielding PEC by the Senate’s Comissão de Constituição e Justiça (CCJ) does not end the open conflict between Congress and the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

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