法院裁定，司法部在起诉以获取录取记录前未遵循必要程序
作者：布拉德福德·贝茨
福克斯新闻
发布时间：美国东部时间2026年11月3日 上午7:33
联邦法官驳回特朗普司法部寻求哈佛录取记录的诉讼
一名联邦法官驳回了特朗普政府为获取哈佛大学录取记录提起的诉讼，指出存在程序缺陷的同时，为另行提起诉讼留下了可能性。
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周一，一名联邦法官驳回了特朗普政府提起的诉讼。该诉讼旨在强制哈佛大学移交录取记录，这是针对这所常春藤盟校是否仍在录取过程中考虑种族因素的调查的一部分。
美国地区法官Myong Joun裁定，司法部未能充分证明在起诉哈佛以获取申请人级别的录取数据前已遵循必要程序。
此次驳回属无 prejudice（指诉讼可重新提起），为政府另提起诉讼留下了空间——只要政府能够纠正法院指出的程序缺陷。
Joun在其长达10页的裁决书中写道：”政府或许能够确定合格的认定依据或弥补程序缺陷，但并未为目前寻求的司法救济提供充分依据。”
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2022年4月27日，马萨诸塞州剑桥市哈佛大学校园内，学生们走过哈佛 yard。（美联社照片/查尔斯·克鲁帕）
司法部于2月提起诉讼，指控哈佛未能配合联邦民权审查——该审查旨在核实该校的录取做法是否符合最高法院2023年对大学录取中使用种族因素设限的裁决。
司法部称，尽管多次要求且给出了延期截止期限，哈佛仍多次拖延提供所要求的文件，且未能提供个性化的录取记录。
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在2月宣布提起诉讼时，时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪指控哈佛隐瞒了政府审查所需的信息。
“哈佛未能披露我们确保其录取无歧视所需的数据，”邦迪当时表示。
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2025年2月12日，帕姆·邦迪在华盛顿特区司法部的新闻发布会上发言。邦迪周三表示，司法部就纽约州及其多名官员的移民政策提起诉讼。（丹尼尔·赫鲁/彭博社 via Getty Images）
Joun承认联邦官员曾多次要求记录，并警告哈佛可能面临执法行动。但法官认定，政府的法院诉状未能充分证明官员在寻求司法干预前已遵循必要程序。
Joun特别指出，司法部的诉状未指控官员已通知哈佛其若不配合将提起诉讼，也未充分指明所涉及的具体合规失败。
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Joun还认定，教育部未能充分证明在移交其独立录取调查以寻求司法执行前已遵循自身必要程序。
据路透社报道，哈佛的律师称，此次诉讼是特朗普政府更广泛报复行动的一部分——此前哈佛拒绝了政府对其治理和学术政策提出的修改要求。
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特朗普政府宣布，在哈佛大学表示不遵守联邦关于反犹太主义的要求后，政府将冻结超过20亿美元的拨款与合同。（路透社/尼古拉斯·福西）
法官未就哈佛的报复指控作出裁决，强调其决定针对的是程序缺陷，而非该校是否违反了联邦民权法。
“本裁决并未将政府的信息请求转变为当前存在歧视的指控，也未解决哈佛对《第六篇联邦民权法案》的核心合规问题，”法官写道。
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Federal judge tosses Trump admin Harvard admissions lawsuit, leaves door open to future challenge
The Justice Department failed to follow required procedures before suing to obtain admission records, the court ruled
By Bradford Betz
Fox News
Published November 3, 2026 7:33am EST
Federal judge dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking Harvard admissions records
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking Harvard admissions records, citing procedural deficiencies while leaving open the possibility of another case.
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to force Harvard University to turn over admissions records as part of an investigation into whether the Ivy League school continues to consider race in its admissions process.
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun ruled that the Justice Department had not adequately established that it followed required procedures before suing Harvard to obtain applicant-level admissions data.
The dismissal was issued without prejudice, leaving the door open for the administration to file another lawsuit if it addresses the procedural deficiencies identified by the court.
“The Government may be able to identify a qualifying determination or cure the procedural deficiency, but it has not supplied a sufficient basis for the judicial relief currently sought,” Joun wrote in his 10-page decision.
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Students walk through Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 27, 2022.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The Justice Department filed its lawsuit in February, alleging that Harvard had failed to cooperate with a federal civil rights review examining whether the university’s admissions practices comply with the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling limiting the use of race in college admissions.
The Justice Department alleged that Harvard repeatedly delayed producing requested documents and failed to provide individualized admissions records despite multiple requests and extended deadlines.
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In announcing the lawsuit in February, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Harvard of withholding information necessary for the government’s review.
“Harvard has failed to disclose the data we need to ensure that its admissions are free of discrimination,” Bondi said at the time.
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Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Bondi said Wednesday that the Justice Department has sued the state of New York and several officials over its immigration policies.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Joun acknowledged that federal officials had made repeated requests for records and warned Harvard of potential enforcement action. But the judge found that the government’s court filings failed to adequately demonstrate that officials had followed the required procedures before seeking judicial intervention.
In particular, Joun noted that the Justice Department’s complaint did not allege that officials had notified Harvard of their intent to pursue litigation if the university failed to comply or adequately identified the specific compliance failure at issue.
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Joun also found that the Department of Education had not sufficiently demonstrated that it followed its own required procedures before referring its separate admissions investigation for judicial enforcement.
Harvard’s attorneys argued that the lawsuit was part of a broader retaliatory campaign by the Trump administration after the university resisted demands for changes to its governance and academic policies, according to Reuters.
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The Trump administration announced it was freezing over $2 billion in grants and contracts after Harvard University said it would not comply with federal demands regarding antisemitism.(Reuters/Nicholas Pfosi)
The judge did not rule on Harvard’s retaliation claims, stressing that his decision addressed procedural deficiencies rather than whether the university had violated federal civil rights law.
“Nothing in this decision converts the Government’s request for information into an accusation of present discrimination or resolves Harvard’s underlying Title VI compliance,” the judge wrote.
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