Trump administration scraps effort to subpoena list of Penn’s Jewish employees
Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that it was withdrawing a subpoena issued last year seeking information about Jewish employees, including individuals affiliated with Jewish campus organizations and the school’s Jewish Studies program. In exchange, Penn agreed to dismiss its appeal of a lower court ruling that had required it to comply with the subpoena. “With the support of many members of the community who have stood with Penn throughout, the University has been able to protect its employees’ rights and none of the subpoenaed personal contact information was disclosed.
- ▪Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that it was withdrawing a subpoena issued last year seeking information about Jewish employees, including individuals affiliated with Jewish campus organizations and the school’s Jewish Studies program.
- ▪In exchange, Penn agreed to dismiss its appeal of a lower court ruling that had required it to comply with the subpoena.
- ▪“With the support of many members of the community who have stood with Penn throughout, the University has been able to protect its employees’ rights and none of the subpoenaed personal contact information was disclosed.
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The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to force the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the names and contact information of Jewish faculty and staff, ending a high-profile legal dispute while leaving a broader antisemitism investigation into the Ivy League school intact.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission informed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that it was withdrawing a subpoena issued last year seeking information about Jewish employees, including individuals affiliated with Jewish campus organizations and the school’s Jewish Studies program. In exchange, Penn agreed to dismiss its appeal of a lower court ruling that had required it to comply with the subpoena.
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