Overview

• Edson Fachin was sworn in as STF president for a two‑year term, succeeding Luís Roberto Barroso, with Alexandre de Moraes as vice in a pared‑down ceremony.
• In his inaugural address, Fachin framed his stewardship around legal certainty, trust between branches and collective decision‑making, saying, “to law, what is law; to politics, what is politics.”
• He set for Oct. 1 a case of general repercussion on whether app‑based drivers have employment ties to platforms, alongside a first‑week docket that includes health‑plan and infrastructure cases.
• The Court enters a decisive phase of the Jan. 8 prosecutions after Bolsonaro’s conviction, as remaining operational nuclei move forward under domestic challenges in Congress and U.S. sanctions pressure on justices.
• Moraes authorized ex‑deputy Daniel Silveira to move to an open regime with electronic monitoring, a social‑media ban, proof of employment and weekly judicial check‑ins.