(NewsNation) — A judge is expected to issue a ruling soon in the funding dispute between the Trump administration and Harvard University.
Judge Allison Burroughs is a Harvard alum who heard arguments from lawyers representing the government and the university Monday morning.
The Trump administration has said it intends to pull federal funding from Harvard, saying the university has not done enough to combat antisemitism in the wake of pro-Palestine protests last year.
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Harvard says the withholding of government funds is a violation of First Amendment rights. Lawyers also argued that the government has not documented widespread antisemitism on campus.
The school also says removal of funding is meant to punish those who don’t hold the administration’s views and that government officials are abusing regulatory powers over a private university.
Lawyers for the government argued that Harvard violated its contract with the federal government by not using all available tools to combat antisemitism on campus and so the government has the right to take away funding.
The government has also claimed that Harvard posed a danger to Jewish students because of the protests and papers written by students who expressed views critical of Israel.
“The Harvard case was just tried in Massachusetts before an Obama-appointed Judge. She is a TOTAL DISASTER, which I say even before hearing her Ruling. She has systematically taken over the various Harvard cases, and is an automatic “loss” for the People of our Country! Harvard has $52 Billion Dollars sitting in the Bank, and yet they are anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Much of this money comes from the U.S.A., all to the detriment of other Schools, Colleges, and Institutions, and we are not going to allow this unfair situation to happen any longer. How did this Trump-hating Judge get these cases? When she rules against us, we will IMMEDIATELY appeal, and WIN. Also, the Government will stop the practice of giving many Billions of Dollars to Harvard, much of which had been given without explanation. It is a longtime commitment to Fairness in Funding Education, and the Trump Administration will not stop until there is VICTORY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
