by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 25 – In a case by Columbia University students seeking among other things to block their school from answering subpoenas from the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the House of Representatives on March 25 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Arun Subramanian held an oral argument. Inner City Press was there. From the thread:
All rise! Judge Arun Subramanian: Mr. Abbas, as I noted in my email today [not in the docket] I will be asking those questions. What do you want?
Plaintiffs' lawyer Gadeir Abbas: We want to enjoin provision of any records - Judge: Of your clients? A: All records
Abbas: We also want Columbia to be enjoined from complying with the March 13 letter Judge: So you're requesting all of the relief you've requested? Abbas: We could agree to some Speech or Debate Clause nips and tucks-
Judge: So Paragraph 3 is out? Abbas: No, in
Abbas: We'd just suggest a caveat, "consistent with the Speech and Debate Clause."
Abbas: Let's start with the anti-Semitism definition. Only one court has adjudicated Judge: Which case? Abbas: It's students in Houston v. Abbott- Judge: Hand it up. [Inner City Press looked it up: it's Students for Justice in Palestine v. Abbott, 1:24-CV-523-RP]
Inner City Press will remain on alert for Judge Subramanian's ruling(s), and will stay on the case.
The case is Khalil, et al. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al., 1:25-cv-2079 (Subramanian)
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