Association of American Universities v. Department of Defense

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS _______________________________________ ) ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ) UNIVERSITIES, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Civil Action No. v. ) 25-11740-BEM ) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY RELIEF MURPHY, J. The Government has, for the fourth time, purported to announce a policy that has consistentlybeen deemed unlawful, without acknowledgment of its apparent illegality and without any attempt to structure the policy in a manner that…