Overview

• Federal judge Allison Burroughs in Boston vacated the administration’s grant suspensions as a First Amendment violation.
• Her opinion said the government used antisemitism as a pretext for an ideologically targeted attack, even as she faulted Harvard for not addressing antisemitism sufficiently.
• The actions had pulled roughly $2.6 billion in research and health grants and included revocation of Harvard’s SEVIS certification for international students.
• White House press secretary Liz Huston called the ruling scandalous and said the administration will file an immediate appeal.
• Harvard President Alan Garber said the decision affirms the university’s academic freedom, and a separate State Department review of Harvard’s foreign-exchange compliance remains under way.