First the presidency, now the judiciary

Concern is mounting in the US and throughout the industrialised world that hard-won liberties and rights would be eroded were President Donald Trump to capitalise on the sudden opportunity he has been handed to cement a conservative majority in the…

• Editorial
• The Sydney Morning Herald

Potential targets of emboldened conservatives include women’s access to abortion, people’s right to seek asylum, some of the queer community’s manifold anti-discrimination rights, protections for minorities, and the…

The retirement of…

• First the presidency…