Brazil: Group Favoring Impeachment of Supreme Court Judges Grows After Election
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Brazil has a Senate. The Senate makes laws for the country.
Brazil also has a Supreme Court. People call it the STF. The STF judges are called ministros in Brazil.
Some senators want to remove some STF judges from their jobs. This is called impeachment.
After a recent election, more senators support this idea. Now 49 senators want impeachment.
But they need more senators to agree. They need a group called two-thirds of the Senate.
Two-thirds of the Senate is a bigger number than 49. So the group is still 5 senators short.
The new senators will start their jobs in 2027.
Many people are watching this story. It shows a fight between two parts of government.
One part is the Senate. The other part is the Supreme Court.
This fight is about power. Who has more power in Brazil?
Vocabulary5 words
- Supreme Court
- the most important court in a country
- ministros
- judges of Brazil's top court
- impeachment
- removing someone from an important job
- election
- when people vote to choose leaders
- two-thirds
- a big part, more than half, of a group
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Answer key
1. Brazil's Supreme Court 2. 49 3. False
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Brazil has a _____. The Senate makes laws for the country.
Brazil also has a Supreme Court. People call it the _____.
Some senators want to remove some STF judges from their jobs. This is called _____.
After a recent _____, more senators support this idea.
Now _____ senators want impeachment.
But they need a group called _____ of the Senate.
So the group is still _____ senators short.
The new senators will start their jobs in _____.
This fight is about _____. Who has more power in Brazil?
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