Eli Vieira on Nostr: Do you hate Elon Musk? Be careful not to love Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. ...

Do you hate Elon Musk? Be careful not to love Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. Here's a list of things he's been up to:

1 - Keeps 9 secret investigations open. The Constitution forbids secret investigations, unless privacy matters (like family disputes) are more important than the public interest.

The law says an investigation like that needs to be "provoked" by accusatory bodies and should he closed in 30 days. The main secret investigation Moraes heads has lasted for more than 5 years now, and the Supreme Court itself is the accusatory body in this case. This is highly unusual.

The internal bylaws of the Court only allow it to act as prosecutor in one instance: when a crime is committed on its premises. The previous head of the court, Dias Toffoli, who opened the investigation, wants you to believe the Internet is part of that. So welcome to the Brazilian Supreme Court!

2 - Last year, a family thought Moraes was abusing his power to get access to a crowded lounge at the Rome Airport. A spat began between them and Moraes' family. There are only two pieces of footage from this debacle. One is from the airport security. The other was taken by the Mantovanis.

The Mantovanis' phone video shows Moraes threatening them with state action. Once again violating Brazilian law that says they should be tried in the lowest court, Moraes set the Supreme Court against them. He told the press his son was slapped by the Mantovanis. Part of the press believed him.

As for the airport footage, it never supported Moraes' claim that his son was slapped first. The Italian police did not corroborate this claim. The Supreme Court kept the footage under wraps for months, only releasing it to the Mantovanis' legal team this month.

An independent expert analysed the footage (still classified) and reached this conclusion: Moraes' son, Alexandre Barci, was the first one to slap the Mantovanis, who were taken aback and reacted instinctively. Brazilian outlets Poder360 and Oeste covered this.

3 - In the Soviet Union, an infamous abuse of power against citizens were fishing expeditions: tell me who you want to destroy, and I'll find the crime.

That's Moraes' attitude in his secret investigations. He ordered expeditions against people he doesn't like via WhatsApp.

Oh, you can't find anything against that right wing magazine Oeste? "Be creative", said Moraes' goon on WhatsApp when ordering an investigator to produce a report against the outlet. He also said Moraes gets obsessed and "it's a tragedy." Folha de S. Paulo covered this.

Regardless of your political leanings, how would you feel if a US Supreme Court judge started using political activist jargon? Wouldn't that be weird? Moraes does that. Replying to Folha's stories, he claimed he was fighting "electoral hate speech." This is not Brazilian law jargon. It's activism.

I could go on. I could mention how Moraes used people following each other on Twitter as proof that they were part of a criminal organisation. Or that time when he refused to go through a metal detector because he's so special. Or Cleriston Pereira da Cunha, who he let die in prison. But I'll stop here. Be careful who you support in a country like #Brazil.