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On January 1, 2023, Lula De Silva was inaugurated as the president of Brazil.

Why this matters is a welcome Mariana Stasio,

O'Gradio of the Americas columnist and editor for the editor of the page of the right Wall Street Journal,

writing about one member of the Brazilian leadership.

This is Justice Alexander Demoris, who has over these last weeks and months.

A presented himself as an enforcer of one version of the election controversy.

It was a close election, and the question of democracy being under assault was raised when there was a riot protest

at the empty buildings of Brazilia after the inauguration.

However, the story is more complicated because it plunges into Brazilian politics.

Mary, a very good evening too. Thank you for this.

What do we need to know about Justice Alexander Demoris?

He seems unusually aggressive about freedom of speech, about social media.

Has he all long been like this? Good evening, Mary.

Good evening, John. I think every democracy in the world is confronted with the challenge of keeping their judiciary independent from the other branches of government.

In the case of Brazil, Alexander Demoris was put on the court during the government of Michelle Temer, who was, of course, the vice president that became president when Dilma Rousseff was impeached and removed from office.

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