Afghan court sentences two ministers to jail on graft charges News
Afghan court sentences two ministers to jail on graft charges

[JURIST] An Afghan court has sentenced two deputy ministers and six others to prison on corruption charges, a court official said Tuesday. The case was the first major corruption case under the new government, since President Hamid Karzai [Wikipedia profile] made fighting corruption one of his top priorities after being elected in October 2004. The two deputy ministers, from the Ministry of Religious Trust and Haj, were sentenced to three years in prison and fined. The six others, all officials in the same ministry, received two- and one-year sentences. A court official said the charges related to the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, but would not offer more details. Corruption has remained a major problem in Afghanistan [JURIST news archive] since the Taliban government was ousted by US forces in 2001. Reuters has more.

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Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.