I feel like Daniel Silveira's run-ins with our Supreme Court are a great introduction to #LegalRealism.

The guy caused so much injury to the Justices personally that not even a presidential pardon saved him as the Justices just voted that that pardon was unconstitutional.

Also unsurprisingly, the Justices voted along "party lines". Aka, only the two Justices who were appointed by Bolsonaro voted against overturning his presidential pardon.

See: https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2023/05/10/stf-julgamento-decreto-perdao-daniel-silveira-bolsonaro.htm

Por 8 votos a 2, STF derruba perdão de Bolsonaro a Daniel Silveira

O STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) derrubou hoje (10), por oito votos a dois, o decreto do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) que concedeu a graça - um perdão - ao ex-deputado federal Daniel Silveira, condenado a oito anos e nove meses de prisão por ataques

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