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US judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Harvard over antisemitism
US judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Harvard over antisemitism
A federal judge in Boston has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit accusing Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment during campus protests over the Gaza war.…
The Story in Brief
A federal judge in Boston has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit accusing Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment during campus protests over the Gaza war. US District Judge Richard Stearns ruled on Thursday that the government did not show an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law. Most incidents cited occurred in the 2023-24 academic year, with later examples too 'isolated and episodic' to prove a pattern.
The judge also noted that the Department of Justice did not formally notify Harvard of non-compliance under Title VI until June 2025, after most alleged conduct had happened. Harvard still faces a separate legal battle over frozen federal research funding, a case that remains unresolved.
The Indian Opinion
The Trump administration's case looked shaky from the start: incidents from one academic year, then silence. Judge Stearns saw it too. But celebrating this as a total victory for Harvard misses the point. The university remains locked in a separate battle over frozen federal research money, and that fight will test whether the government's broader pressure campaign has real teeth. Watch the funding appeal: if the freeze holds, the administration still gets its way without a court win.
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