A high-stakes legal battle unfolds today in Manhattan federal court as eight Columbia University students seek to block the university from handing over their disciplinary records to the House Committee investigating anti-Semitism on college campuses. The outcome could set a major precedent in the conflict between student privacy rights and congressional oversight amid ongoing tensions over campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
The lawsuit, led by Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, argues that the release of student records would violate federal privacy protections and put students and. . .