Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal against parliamentary judicial elections is admissible under federal political-rights jurisdiction.
Decisão extraída
The appeal is admissible because the complainant alleges that the legislature usurped an election competence belonging to the people.
Fundamentação extraída
Although indirect parliamentary elections are generally not reviewable as political-rights matters, the federal remedy is open when the citizen claims the election should have been submitted directly to the electorate.