Justice

• Een uitspraak van het Hooggerechtshof uit 2023 verbood het gebruik van affirmative action bij toelatingen tot universiteiten. • Het ministerie van Justitie beschuldigde Yale University donderdag ervan ras illegaal mee te laten wegen bij de toelating tot haar medical school – de tweede instelling die deze maand te maken krijgt met beschuldigingen van discriminatie door het federale agentschap. • In een brief aan een advocaat van Yale verklaarde Harmeet Dhillon, assistent-procureur-generaal voor burgerrechten, dat een onderzoek van het ministerie van Justitie uitwees dat zwarte en Hispanic studenten een veel grotere kans hebben op toelating tot de medical school dan witte of Aziatische studenten, ondanks lagere cijfergemiddelden en lagere testscores.

Exclusief: Tim Grattan-Kane stelt dat soortgelijke misdaden nog steeds plaatsvinden door de toename van drink spiking in een overbelast systeem, terwijl ITV een drama over de zaak uitbrengt. De politieagent die verantwoordelijk was voor het oplossen van de zaak rond de "black-cab rapist" John Worboys zegt dat soortgelijke misdaden vandaag de dag nog steeds kunnen voorkomen, aangezien het strafrechtelijk systeem "op het punt staat te ontploffen". Tim Grattan-Kane was de senior rechercheur van het team dat Worboys in 2008 arresteerde, nadat zij de verklaringen hadden samengevoegd van talloze vrouwen die hadden gemeld dat ze verdoofde champagne hadden gekregen van een Londense taxichauffeur, die hen vervolgens aanviel. Lees verder...

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.