US judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Harvard
A federal judge in Boston dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students, finding the government had not plausibly shown an ongoing civil-rights violation.
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- A federal judge in Boston dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students, finding the government had not plausibly shown an ongoing civil-rights violation.
A United States federal judge dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit against Harvard University on Thursday, August 13, 2026, ruling that the government had not plausibly demonstrated an ongoing violation of federal civil-rights law on the university’s campus.
US District Judge Richard Stearns issued the ruling in Boston. The administration filed the case in March, alleging that Harvard had failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment after the start of the war in Gaza.
The dismissal addresses whether the complaint sufficiently alleged a continuing legal violation. It does not erase the wider dispute over universities’ handling of campus harassment and protests connected to the war.
