An extraordinary judicial-political crisis erupted in Brasília this week after two Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justices issued conflicting orders regarding the leadership of the powerful Federal Police (PF), prompting a rare and pointed manifesto from over 2,700 influential Brazilian business entities that warned of an "institutional crisis of extreme gravity." The conflict centers on a highly unusual power struggle within Brazil’s top court: Justice André Mendonça, a past appointee of former President Jair Bolsonaro, ordered the removal of PF Director-General Andrei Rodrigues and the agency’s Intelligence Director, only to have the decision immediately revoked by Justice Flávio Dino, an appointee of President **Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva**.