Harvard Judge Questions Legality of $2 Billion Fund Freeze
The Baker Library of the Harvard Business School on the Harvard University campus in Boston.
Photographer: Mel Musto/BloombergA federal judge in Boston cast doubt on the legality of the Trump administration’s termination of more than $2 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University over alleged institutional failures including antisemitism on campus.
In a hearing Monday, US Judge Allison Burroughs raised questions about the constitutionality of the government’s decision to slash the funding and called some of their arguments in defense of the move “mind boggling.” She pushed back in particular on the administration’s claims that the funding cuts were justified by Harvard’s failure to tackle antisemitism.