Overview

• Edson Fachin was sworn in as president of the STF and CNJ for 2025–2027, with Alexandre de Moraes as vice-president, after a low-profile ceremony that emphasized institutional tone.
• Fachin told colleagues he will set the court’s agenda collectively with weekly coordination, reinforcing plenary decisions and reducing individual prominence.
• Upon assuming the presidency, he relinquishes Lava Jato cases, which pass to Luís Roberto Barroso, while his first sessions will take up the app drivers employment-status dispute.
• The court advances into the final phase of the Jan. 8 conspiracy trials—after the First Turma convicted Jair Bolsonaro—while facing congressional amnesty pushes and U.S. measures that have targeted justices.
• The STF’s Second Turma reached a majority to keep Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes (“Careca do INSS”) and Maurício Camisotti in custody in the INSS fraud probe, with the virtual judgment set to close on Oct. 3.