Judge dismisses Trump’s bid to label Harvard antisemitism a civil-rights violation
TL;DR
A federal judge in Boston dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, finding the cited incidents largely from 2023-24 were too isolated to constitute an ongoing Title VI violation, and noting the amended complaint lacked factual allegations after Harvard was put on notice.
Topics:top-newspolitics#antisemitism#civil-rights-act#harvard#politics#title-vi#trump-administration
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