An illegitimate SCOTUS


The US Supreme Court has been bought ... Long campaign to stack the court with judges favourable to corporate interests ... Huge lobbying and spending to secure Kavanaugh's confirmation ... Guns, God and presidential power ... The mid-terms and intensified voter purging ... From Our Man in Washington, Roger Fitch
Terrifying news - nothing's happening


Police and their terrorism powers - not much to report ... Inspector Bruce looks at the Top End's secret corruption ... Discriminating amendments ... The bench gets slow backup for "historic" sentencing reforms ... Standoff over appointment to the Children's Court ... Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street
Man of property bids adieu to the jam roll


Depression dispatches


Solicitors losing their grip ... Mental health and legal practice ... No adequate explanations offered to the stipes ... Judges under siege ... Where mental health prevents a lawyer dealing with professional complaints ... Ticket suspended ... Jennifer Cooke reports from the Bureau de Spank
When only the victim speaks the truth


Book review ... A story of childhood sexual assault ... Where the complainant is distressed that the accused's evidence questioned her version of events ... Joanna Jenkins defends natural justice in the face of a victim's anger ... Job of the judge to present both cases to the jury ... Sentencing juvenile offenders