| As Khalil Sues Columbia and
Congress Speech or Debate Clause
Nips and Tucks Promised
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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