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Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish students

Published 13 August 2026 · education

A 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

A 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 of the war in Gaza.

In a ruling on Thursday, US district judge Richard Stearns in ​Boston said the administration’s lawsuit – ⁠filed in March – failed to plausibly ​show ​an ongoing ​violation of ​federal ​civil rights law on Harvard’s campus.

The administration’s complaint focused largely on a handful of incidents alleged in March 2025, Stearns said, saying these were “too isolated and episodic” to support a claim of ​ongoing civil rights violations by Harvard.

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