Brazil's Supreme Court Erupts in Crisis Weeks Before Presidential Election

In the weeks before a razor-thin presidential election, Brazil's Supreme Court has become an arena of open conflict, with two justices trading accusations of corruption and political manipulation in a hearing watched live by millions. A banking scandal has drawn judges, politicians, and their families into a web of alleged financial entanglements, turning the nation's highest court into a battleground between rival visions of justice and power. The confrontation arrives at a moment when Brazilian democracy is already under strain, raising the question of whether institutions built to protect t