Justice

Una decisione della Corte Suprema del 2023 ha vietato l'uso dell'affirmative action nelle ammissioni universitarie. Giovedì, il Dipartimento di Giustizia ha accusato l'Università di Yale di aver considerato illegalmente la razza nelle ammissioni alla sua scuola di medicina – la seconda istituzione a dover affrontare accuse di discriminazione da parte dell'agenzia federale questo mese. In una lettera indirizzata a un avvocato di Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, procuratrice generale assistente per i diritti civili, ha dichiarato che un'indagine del Dipartimento di Giustizia ha rilevato che gli studenti neri e ispanici hanno probabilità di ammissione alla scuola di medicina molto più elevate rispetto agli studenti bianchi o asiatici, nonostante abbiano medie scolastiche e punteggi nei test inferiori. Continua a leggere...

Esclusiva: Tim Grattan-Kane sostiene che crimini simili stiano ancora avvenendo con l'aumento del drink spiking in un sistema sovraccarico, mentre ITV rilascia un dramma basato sul caso L'ufficiale di polizia incaricato di risolvere il caso dello "stupratore dei taxi neri" John Worboys afferma che reati simili potrebbero verificarsi ancora oggi, poiché il sistema di giustizia penale è "vicino al collasso". Tim Grattan-Kane è stato l'ufficiale investigativo senior del team che ha arrestato Worboys nel 2008, dopo aver ricostruito le testimonianze di numerose donne che avevano riferito di aver ricevuto champagne drogato da un tassista di Londra, che poi le aveva aggredite. Continua a leggere...

The chief justice defends court’s impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rightsUS chief justice John Roberts has insisted supreme court judges are not “political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision undermining the Voting Right Act, and other moves that have benefited Donald Trump and his allies.“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” Roberts told a conference for judges and lawyers in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.” Continue reading...

• Chief Justice John Roberts publicly criticized the intense rhetoric targeting the Supreme Court on May 6, 2026. • His remarks address growing partisan attacks amid high-profile rulings on elections and immunity. • The statement aims to defend judicial independence as public trust in the court hits historic lows.

School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. Continue reading...

New government accused of ‘performative justice’ and making deals with suspects in 2013 Tadamon massacresAhmad al-Homsi is a deep sleeper, but when he was woken last month and told that Amjad Youssef, a Syrian intelligence officer who killed civilians in the 2013 Tadamon massacres, had been arrested, he bolted out of bed. He ran into the street to find other people already celebrating the news.“We stayed out for almost three or four days celebrating. People from neighbouring areas sent camels, sheep, livestock for us to slaughter and distribute them to people. The tears of joy didn’t stop,” said al-Homsi, a 33-year-old activist with the Tadamon Coordination Committee, which documented the atrocities in the Damascus neighbourhood. Continue reading...

As a Mast of Fraternity and Memory is unveiled in Nantes, calls are growing for Macron to announce framework for discussionsIn the French port city of Nantes, once France’s largest departure point for ships that trafficked enslaved Africans across the Atlantic, a new wooden mast rises 18 metres into the sky from the waterside.The Mast of Fraternity and Memory, inaugurated this month, marks a turning point in France’s complicated relationship with the legacy of its history of enslavement – just as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, comes under pressure to make key announcements on a process of reparatory justice. Continue reading...

• Hundreds gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, for arguments on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians, with justices scrutinizing President Trump's authority to end the program. • The bench appeared skeptical of broad executive power to revoke deportation amnesties, per reports from the hearing. • A ruling could impact thousands facing deportation and test limits on immigration executive actions ahead of midterms.