# Federal judge tosses Trump admin Harvard admissions lawsuit, leaves door open to future challenge

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/federal-judge-tosses-trump-admin-harvard-admissions-lawsuit-leaves-door-open-to-future-challenge/
- Published: 2026-11-03T11:33:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T01:21:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-tosses-trump-admin-harvard-admissions-lawsuit-leaves-door-open-future-challenge
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Judge dismisses the admissions records lawsuit on procedural grounds.
- The administration may file again if it addresses the deficiencies.
- The ruling does not decide whether Harvard violated civil rights law.

## Summary

A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking Harvard admissions records for a civil rights investigation into whether the university still considers race in admissions. The ruling matters because the government’s case cannot proceed in its current form, though the dismissal leaves it able to file again.

Judge Myong Joun said the Justice Department had not shown it followed required procedures before seeking court enforcement, including adequately notifying Harvard that litigation could follow or specifying the compliance failure. The Department of Education also did not sufficiently demonstrate that it followed its procedures before referring its investigation for enforcement. The case, filed in February, concerned records requested as part of a review tied to the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling limiting race-based admissions; the judge did not decide whether Harvard violated civil rights law or its claim that the lawsuit was retaliatory.

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