New York Judge Says Columbia Cannot Expel or Discipline Students Who Stormed and Occupied Campus Building

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The New York Supreme Court ordered Columbia University to reverse disciplinary action against approximately two dozen student radicals who stormed and occupied a campus building in late April 2024, arguing that the Ivy League university illegally relied on sealed arrest records. The judge, New York State Supreme Court justice Gerald Lebovits, said in a ruling issued Friday that the sanctions against the students, which included suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations, were "arbitrary