Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Republicans protecting Jews

Trump admin backs Jewish professor’s discrimination case against CUNY school


The Trump administration filed federal court papers backing a Jewish professor who claimed she was subjected to a hostile work environment fueled by antisemitic, Israel-bashing protests at CUNY’s Hunter College.

CUNY-Hunter filed a motion to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court by Leah Garrett, chair of the Jewish Studies Center, saying the vitriol was protected by free speech under the First Amendment.

But the US Department of Justice headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi intervened in the case Monday, filing a “statement of interest” stressing the importance of abiding by the federal civil rights law that bars discrimination and subjecting employees and students in educational institutions to a hostile workplace.

Leah Garrett of Hunter CUNY from her faculty profile with the Jewish Studies Center. hunter.cuny.edu

“CUNY Hunter may not simply rely on the First Amendment to avoid any scrutiny of whether it is liable under Title VI (Civil Rights law] for its failure to prevent disruptions that Dr. Garrett contends contributed to a hostile work environment,” the 26-page brief filed by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said.


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