Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing to block Columbia University from providing a congressional committee with records of disciplinary actions stemming from last year’s campus protests.
In a complaint filed on Thursday in Manhattan, Khalil, along with seven other Columbia students, seeks a federal court order that would prevent the university from sharing the information with the House Education and Workforce Committee. While Khalil is named in the lawsuit, the other students are not publicly identified.
The students argue that the committee’s request infringes upon their First Amendment rights and violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that governs how schools and colleges handle student information….