Boston federal judge Richard Stearns ruled the government failed to show ongoing Title VI violations, saying most allegations stemmed from 2023-24 Gaza war protests and later incidents in March 2025 were too isolated to sustain the case

A federal judge dismissed the government’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, ruling that the incidents cited were “too isolated and episodic” to be a violation.

The judge said Donald Trump’s complaint was “devoid of any factual allegations.”