Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
Banners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBanners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025. But he said that the DoJ’s complaint had misconstrued the remit of Title VI.In framing the 1964 legislation, the judge ruled, Congress intended not to penalize a “wayward funding recipient but instead to incentivize it to bring itself into compliance with Title VI”.
- ▪Banners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025.
- ▪Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBanners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025.
- ▪But he said that the DoJ’s complaint had misconstrued the remit of Title VI.In framing the 1964 legislation, the judge ruled, Congress intended not to penalize a “wayward funding recipient but instead to incentivize it to bring itself into
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Banners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBanners hang from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesUS newsJudge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish studentsFederal court rules administration failed to plausibly show ongoing violation of civil rights lawEd PilkingtonThu 13 Aug 2026 13.17 EDTFirst published on Thu 13 Aug 2026 11.59 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA US federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit that claimed Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment in the aftermath…
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