Crazy. It’s not like there’s scary precedent for this or anything‼️
Federal Judge Approves #Trump Effort to Extract #List of #Jews From #Penn
The decision to allow the #government to collect the names & phone numbers of #Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
#law #Holocaust #EthnicCleansing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #Trump admin was within its rights to demand that the University of Pennsylvania turn over information about #Jewish people on campus as part of a federal investigation into #discrimination at the #school, a federal judge decided Tuesday.
The ruling clears a hurdle for the Trump admin as it targets elite #schools over accusations of antisemitism.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #RightToProtest
Judge Gerald J. Pappert of the US District Court in Philadelphia issued the decision, which largely sided with the #government, writing that #Penn’s “constitutional claims are easily dispensed with.”
He gave #Penn until May 1 to comply with the subpoena, though he said that the #university would not have to reveal any employee’s connection to a specific #Jewish-related organization.
#Trump #law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #RightToProtest
The [formerly] “Equal” Employment Opportunity Commission [#EEOC] has been pursuing an inquiry into potential workplace #discrimination against #Jewish faculty & staff at #Penn, a #school in Philadelphia, since 2023. While #university officials said they welcomed the investigation, they balked last year after the government issued a subpoena seeking names & phone numbers for members of #Jewish groups on campus.
The #school said much of the information that the #government had requested is not collected. #Students & #faculty groups also condemned the government’s demand for a #list of #Jews, drawing a parallel to methods deployed in #Nazi Germany.
The case has represented a test of how far the #government can go to investigate its suspicions about antisemitism in higher #education, & Judge Pappert’s decision could shape how aggressively the #Trump admin pursues inquiries on other campuses.
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