Brazil's Supreme Court justices want to revisit the journalism degree requirement scrapped in 2009. No case, no vote and no majority exist yet.
Brazil · Media
Key Facts
—The date On August 18, 2026, Justices Alexandre de Moraes and Flavio Dino said in open session that Brazil’s Supreme Court should debate the diploma rule again.
—The setting Their remarks came in a First Panel case about a right of reply won by a Rio clinic against TV Globo and its news site G1.
—The precedent In June 2009 the full court struck the rule down 8-1 in RE 511961, with Gilmar Mendes as rapporteur and only Marco Aurelio dissenting.
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