A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit from the Trump administration that tried to make Harvard University hand over records for an investigation into its admissions. The probe is looking into whether the school still takes race into account when choosing students. The ruling came from US District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who rejected the case brought by the Justice Department.
\n\nThe Justice Department filed the case in February. It said Harvard was not cooperating with investigations into whether the school is following a 2023 US Supreme Court decision. That ruling struck down admissions programs that use race to help raise the number of minority students on campus.
\n\nCNN reports that the administration argued that the Justice Department and the Department of Education need several years of applicant-level admissions data. In its view, that information is the only way to find out whether race is still playing a part in who gets in.
\n\nThe investigation falls under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a law that bans racial discrimination in education programs.
\n\nThey pointed to timing. The suit came after Trump announced in early February that he was ending settlement talks and wanted $1…
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