Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
Judge Richard Stearns said Harvard’s alleged failures were too isolated to show an ongoing civil rights violation, blocking the government’s bid to recover federal grants.
- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday that alleged Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
- The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in March alleging Harvard failed to address antisemitism on campus, seeking to freeze existing grants and recover previously paid federal funds.
- District Judge Richard Stearns wrote that the complaint focused "almost entirely" on 2023-2024 incidents, finding three alleged later events "too isolated and episodic" to establish a pattern.
- "There is no plausible allegation of noncompliance following statutory notice," Stearns wrote, ruling the government failed to prove ongoing violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at Harvard.
- The original allegations stemmed from protests over Israel's war in Gaza during the 2023-2024 school year, yet the court concluded these occurrences did not demonstrate ongoing civil rights violations.
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Judge’s Harvard antisemitism ruling sends Trump Justice Department back to drawing board
Harvard antisemitism lawsuit dismissed by federal judge who found incidents too isolated to prove Title VI violations. The Justice Department says it is assessing next steps.
A federal judge in Boston rejected the multi-billion dollar complaint filed by the Trump administration against Harvard University.
Federal judge dismisses Trump Administration's lawsuit against Harvard
(CNN, KYMA) - A federal judge dismissed the Trump Administration's anti-Semitism lawsuit against Harvard Thursday. The judge ruled the government did not prove "an ongoing violation of Title VI" by the university. That's the anti-discrimination statute within the Civil Rights Act. The administration had accused the Ivy League school of letting anti-Semitism go unchecked. Much of that claim was based on student protests against Israel's military …
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