Gilmar Mendes Rejects AGU Bid, Keeps Limits on STF Impeachment as Congress Targets Solo Rulings

Overview

• The injunction keeps impeachment requests against Supreme Court justices restricted to the prosecutor general and raises the Senate threshold to two‑thirds for opening cases.
• Gilmar Mendes called the AGU’s reconsideration plea “manifestly inadmissible,” argued that parts of the 1950 impeachment law no longer fit the 1988 Constitution, and said urgent correction was needed to protect judicial independence.
• The Chamber’s Constitution and Justice Commission approved a bill tightening monocratic measures by justices, generally requiring plenary votes for precautionary rulings and allowing solo decisions only in extreme urgency or during recess.
• Senate leaders condemned the ruling as an encroachment on legislative prerogatives and discussed countermeasures including curbs on single‑judge orders and possible constitutional changes, with the fray also clouding AGU chief Jorge Messias’s confirmation prospects.
• In a separate order, Justice Flávio Dino barred the Executive from processing new budget amendments by Eduardo Bolsonaro and Alexandre Ramagem because both are abroad and not regularly exercising their mandates, with the decision set for virtual review from Dec. 19 into February.