Supremocracia: os limites de atuação do Supremo Tribunal Federal

Abstract

The Federal Supreme Court (which has the function of carrying out constitutional jurisdiction in Brazil) has been undergoing changes related to the application and interpretation of the Federal Constitution. This expansion of the role of the Federal Supreme Court is anchored in two basic points: first, the Judiciary is considered one of the safest means of guaranteeing legal certainty; and secondly, the Legislative Power has moved away from its role of representing the interests of the population and has become incapable of fulfilling obligations of justice and equality. Given this, this article, through a bibliographic and jurisprudential survey and a hermeneutic-dialectical epistemological approach, seeks to understand the Supremocracy, analyzing both the excess of action of the Federal Supreme Court, and its important role in guaranteeing fundamental rights.

Keywords

• judicial activism
• constitutional jurisdiction
• judicialization of politics
• fundamental rights
• legal certainty