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US judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Harvard over Jewish students
US judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Harvard over Jewish students
A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment. US District Judge Richard Stearns ruled on…
The Story in Brief
A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment. US District Judge Richard Stearns ruled on Thursday that the government’s March 2025 complaint did not plausibly show an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law. Deccan Herald reports that the judge said the allegations mostly described incidents during pro-Palestinian protests in the 2023/24 academic year, with only a few later cases that were “too isolated and episodic” to support a claim.
Stearns also found that the lawsuit did not adequately allege Harvard’s failures after the government notified the university in June 2025 of non-compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination based on race, colour and national origin in federally funded programmes. The White House and Harvard did not comment.
The Indian Opinion
The ruling cuts through the noise around campus protests. Some US media frame every pro-Palestinian rally as antisemitic; others dismiss harassment claims as bad faith. Judge Stearns found the government’s case rested on a handful of isolated incidents, not a pattern. That is a factual test, not a political one. Watch whether the administration appeals with fresh evidence, that will tell us if the suit was about protecting students or scoring points.
Source: deccanherald.com
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