There is a golden rule in Law: you do not choose your judge. Cases are distributed by lottery. But that is not what has been happening at the STF. There, it has been possible to choose the minister, based on the most forced foundations possible. Less than two weeks before the election, the PT filed a petition within an action regarding the tragedy in Mariana/MG (the ADPF 1.178) requesting an investigation against Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign, alleging "foreign interference." One case has nothing to do with the other, but they found a way to invent a connection concerning the international issue involved. Why not take it to the TSE? Because at the TSE there would be a lottery (everything they did not want). This maneuver has a technical name, judge shopping, but the popular name is chicana. Complete article here 👇 (translated)