On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
7 things Judge Richard Stearns said, verbatim, from August 14, 2026 to August 15, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“Harvard condemns antisemitism and is committed to ensuring that Jewish and Israeli students, like all members of the Harvard community, can learn and participate fully in campus life free from harassment or exclusion,”
NBC News Judge dismisses Trump admin lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students ›
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“As noted above, the Amended Complaint is devoid of any factual allegations plausibly establishing that any events that might be construed as evidence of noncompliance occurred after June 30, 2025.”
on the judge's ruling in the Harvard antisemitism funding case
Fox News Judge’s Harvard antisemitism ruling sends Trump Justice Department back to drawing board ›
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“Harvard’s refusal to follow every specific demand from the administration wasn’t enough, because the legal question was whether Harvard was complying with Title VI — not whether Harvard was doing exactly what the administration told it to do,”
on the legal standard for Harvard's Title VI compliance in the antisemitism case
Fox News Judge’s Harvard antisemitism ruling sends Trump Justice Department back to drawing board ›
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“too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day”
Reason.com Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard ›
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“Congress's intent was not to penalize a wayward funding recipient but instead to incentivize it to bring itself into compliance with Title VI.”
on why Title VI bars suing a school that has already stopped alleged violations
Reason.com Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard ›
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“too isolated and episodic" to support a finding that "any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day.”
on the legal reasoning for dismissing the government's Harvard antisemitism case
The Daily Wire Judge Throws Out Trump’s Harvard Antisemitism Case ›
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“Without diminishing any concern arising from these occurrences, the court finds them, singly and collectively, to be too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day,”
on the judge's finding that incidents did not show ongoing Title VI noncompliance at Harvard
CBS News Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed ›
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