A falácia no direito das minorias: a faceta pragmatista a partir do perfil contramajoritário da Corte

Abstract

The following article aims to investigate the meanings extracted by the categories called “minority rights” and “countermajoritarian” after the Supremo Tribunal Federal cases. Therefore, we will evaluate two decisions that bring these categories in its ratio decidendi, the Mandado de Segurança 26.441/DF and the Medida Cautelar in the Mandado de Segurança 31.816/DF, in order to verify how the Court interprets these terms. These judgments will be conducted by the conceptual uncertainty set in the doctrine, as well the legitimacy under the Court’s countermajoritarian profile. In the end, the study will debate two conflicting theoretical frameworks, the “law as integrity” by Ronald Dworkin and the juridical pragmatism by Richard Posner, in order to evaluate the connection between the fundaments and the decision developed in the deliberation process.