Its kinda a pity that Australia, like the UIK, allow the Government to appoint Magistrates n Judges. If however we could, like smart countries do, vote them in, then we might actually create a decent Judiciary. Yarra Man; Yes at times, US Judges have been used to destroy political opponents, however the majority are not corrupt and seem generally decent! The only issue would be that the likes of Australia and the UIK, we would have to go abroad to find decent ones!