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Three Supreme Court justices have issued three contradictory rulings in four days over social media posts about Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil's patron saint. The full court is set to referee the dispute on Wednesday, four days before the first round of the presidential election. Anyone who remembers Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck endlessly swapping "rabbit season" and "duck season" signs will recognize the choreography.

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