‘Isolated and Episodic’: Clinton-Appointed Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against Harvard Over Lack of Jewish Student Protections
District Judge Richard Stearns of Massachusetts, a Bill Clinton appointee, ruled the federal government failed to show an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law on Harvard’s campus. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed the lawsuit in March, alleging that the school failed to protect Jewish students during anti-Israel protests after the Oct. “Only three incidents are alleged to have occurred after this period, all of which took place nearly a full year later (and more than one full academic year before this case was filed) in March of 2025,” Stearns wrote in his ruling.
- ▪District Judge Richard Stearns of Massachusetts, a Bill Clinton appointee, ruled the federal government failed to show an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law on Harvard’s campus.
- ▪The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed the lawsuit in March, alleging that the school failed to protect Jewish students during anti-Israel protests after the Oct.
- ▪“Only three incidents are alleged to have occurred after this period, all of which took place nearly a full year later (and more than one full academic year before this case was filed) in March of 2025,” Stearns wrote in his ruling.
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Home – Political News – ‘Isolated and Episodic’: Clinton-Appointed Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against Harvard Over Lack of Jewish Student Protections news ‘Isolated and Episodic’: Clinton-Appointed Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against Harvard Over Lack of Jewish Student Protections Fred Lucas • August 13, 2026 Print Demonstrators gather on Cambridge Common to protest Harvard’s stance on the war in Gaza and show support for the Palestinian people, outside Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 25, 2025.
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