Harvard Professor Lawrence Tribe said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is threatening Harvard’s federal funds.
Harvard sued the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the funding threat of using “leverage to control academic decision-making.” When Wolf Blitzer, a host of CNN’s “Situation Room,” asked tribes who were not involved in the lawsuit to explain Harvard’s “claims,” ​​the professor compared the actions of the Trump administration to those of Hitler, Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban. (Related: “It’s anti-Semitism at its heart”: Elise Stefanik takes on CNBC host against Trump’s Harvard fundraising freeze)
clock:
“The basic argument really connects what’s going on here through history. When dictators, tyrants and essentially the Mafia leaders decided they didn’t want to independent the university, the tribe said.
“That’s basically what Hitler said – although it sounds different in the original German – he told the university in Frankfurt and took over it,” he continued. “That’s what Orban did in Hungary. That’s what Erdogan did in Turkey. That’s the standard technique.”
Trump’s Department of Education (ED) announced on March 31 that Harvard University risks losing billions of dollars in federal funds. List of requests reform and implement the disciplinary process for destructive anti-Semitists in order for universities to retain contracts and grants.
Harvard has released a public letter that violates the demand. The Trump administration then moved to universities to freeze $2.2 billion.
The Joint Task Force to Fight Anti-Semitism stripped Harvard University of more than $2 billion in grants on April 14 after rejecting the administration’s request to tackle anti-Semitism.
“In this case, I think Harvard has filed a very detailed submission and has filed a complaint that cannot be refuted. It made it clear that everything in Congress imposed on the university as a recipient of Congress money, a recipient of all laws, rather than supporting the Trump administration. “The law establishes that universities must take many procedural steps to meet the requirements of the federal government. But the federal government says, “I don’t agree with your way of thinking. We don’t agree with the kind of ideas your students have. We don’t think you should allow such a peaceful protest.”
“The complaint makes it clear that it crossed the line from the perspective of law passed by Congress and the fundamental lessons of the U.S. Constitution when the Trump administration confronted Harvard with a series of demands that it basically take over the education process,” he continued. “And if governments allow them to take over the private institutions, which are the centre of innovation, they can take over the private institutions, which are the centre of philosophical progress, and a better understanding of history, we will be part of the dictators’ handbook, because that is what dictators want.
Former President Joe Biden reportedly in 2021 he instructed his staff to consult with the tribe about whether it was legal for his administration to impose a suspension of evictions. Biden and other White House officials reportedly affirmed that they had no authority to implement eviction suspensions, but the former president ultimately decided to proceed with what would only apply to areas at the “enhanced” level of COVID-19 transmission.
All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan newswire service that is free to use for legitimate news publishers that can provide large audiences. All republished articles must include logos, reporter signatures and DCNF affiliation. For questions regarding our guidelines or partnerships with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.
