News from Brazil: Brazil's Justice Dias Toffoli Proposes to Extend Restriction of Privileged Jurisdiction

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Brazil's Justice Toffoli Proposes to Extend Restriction of Privileged Jurisdiction
Justice Dias Toffoli, of Brazil's Supreme Court, sent an official letter to the president of the court, Justice Cármen Lúcia, with a proposal to extend the restriction of privileged jurisdiction to all the authorities of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches at the federal, state and local levels
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