Trump Suffers Another Legal Setback in Escalating Harvard Battle
Summary
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking Harvard’s admissions records, ruling that the government had not shown it completed required steps before asking a court to enforce its request. The dismissal was without prejudice, so the administration can refile; the judge did not decide whether Harvard discriminated or must provide the data.Key Facts
- The Justice Department sued Harvard in February, alleging the university had not complied with a federal investigation into its admissions practices.
- The government sought five years of admissions data for applicants to Harvard’s undergraduate, medical and law programs.
- The requested records included grades, test scores, essays, extracurricular activities, admissions outcomes, and applicants’ race and ethnicity.
- Judge Myong Joun said the agency must advise a recipient of noncompliance and determine that voluntary compliance cannot be secured before seeking judicial enforcement.
- Joun dismissed the case without prejudice, which allows the government to bring it again.
- The lawsuit is part of a broader federal effort to determine whether colleges still consider race in admissions after the Supreme Court barred affirmative action in 2023.
- In March, 17 Democratic attorneys general sued over a separate Education Department policy requiring colleges to provide data to show they are not considering race in admissions.
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