Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
Judge Richard Stearns said Harvard’s alleged failures were too isolated to show an ongoing civil rights violation, blocking the government’s bid to recover federal grants.
- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday that alleged Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
- The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in March alleging Harvard failed to address antisemitism on campus, seeking to freeze existing grants and recover previously paid federal funds.
- District Judge Richard Stearns wrote that the complaint focused "almost entirely" on 2023-2024 incidents, finding three alleged later events "too isolated and episodic" to establish a pattern.
- "There is no plausible allegation of noncompliance following statutory notice," Stearns wrote, ruling the government failed to prove ongoing violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at Harvard.
- The original allegations stemmed from protests over Israel's war in Gaza during the 2023-2024 school year, yet the court concluded these occurrences did not demonstrate ongoing civil rights violations.
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Trump's U.S. government already had a defeat last year in a legal dispute with the elite university of Hardvard. Now it fails again in court. At the center was an anti-Semitism accusation.
Trump's government already had a defeat last year in a legal dispute with the elite university of Harvard. Now it fails again in court. At the center is an anti-Semitism accusation.
Manifestations anti-Israël: un juge rejette la plainte de Trump contre Harvard
Le président des États-Unis, Donald Trump, avait porté plainte contre Harvard, accusant la prestigieuse université américaine de cautionner des agissements antisémites survenus pendant des manifestations propalestiniennes.
Despite the White House’s offensive, Judge Stearns’ decision adds to a series of consecutive court victories for the academic campus
(New York = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Ji-heon = The Donald Trump administration, which raised allegations that Harvard University neglected anti-Semitism on campus, has backed down in a related lawsuit...
Judge Who Ruled Harvard Failed Its Jewish Students Dismisses a Trump Case
Judge Richard Stearns, who in August of 2024 found that “Harvard failed its Jewish students,” has dismissed a different antisemitism lawsuit filed in March 2026 by the federal government against Harvard. In explaining his decision, Stearns, a Harvard Law School graduate nominated to the bench by President Clinton, said the government focused “almost entirely on incidents that took place during the 2023-2024 school year.” Stearns said that “Only …
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