The Trump administration on March 20 sued Harvard University, accusing the school of allowing anti-Semitic discrimination and demonstrations.
“Harvard fostered and continues to foster a campus climate where hostile antisemitism and anti-Israeli conduct thrives,” the 44-page lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, states.
The filing points to how Jewish students have said they were denied access to educational facilities by demonstrators, concealed yarmulkes, and took other actions to avoid harassment and physical assaults. It alleges Harvard has not enforced its rules or disciplined individuals who terrorized students.
The Civil Rights Act bars federally funded programs from discriminating on the basis of race or national origin….