Abstract:This study deals with two of the most significant trends in global constitutionalism: the rising power of courts to review the 'constitutionality' of formal constitutional amendments, and political backlashes -as part of democratic erosion -aiming to curtail the court's authority. Focusing on Brazil's Supreme Court as our case study, we raise the hypothesis that the power to review constitutional amendments allows the justices to primarily decide cases according to their own policy preferences, rather than by … Show more
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