Rousseff Turns to Brazil Supreme Court to Block Impeachment
- Rousseff is the leader for this difficult moment: minister
- Legislators filed motions to quash request accepted by Cunha
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.
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President Dilma Rousseff’s allies took to Brazil’s top court to stop the impeachment process just as opposition leaders made the first steps toward the start of hearings.
Legislators from the ruling coalition on Thursday filed three motions before the Supreme Court to quash the impeachment request accepted by lower house President Eduardo Cunha a day earlier. Two of the requests to halt the process were denied late Thursday.