https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/harvard-victory-battle-trump-federal-funding-00542654
A federal judge ruled Wednesday the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze more than $2 billion in federal research grants from Harvard University was illegal.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, a Barack Obama appointee, in an 84-page opinion, acknowledged the university “could (and should) have done a better job of dealing with” antisemitism on campus. But Burroughs said research grant terminations and antisemitism are not particularly connected.
“A review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities,” Burroughs wrote.
. “The idea that fighting antisemitism is Defendants’ true aim is belied by the fact that the majority of the demands they are making of Harvard to restore its research funding are directed, on their face, at Harvard’s governance, staffing and hiring practices, and admissions policies—all of which have little to do with antisemitism and everything to do with Defendants’ power and political views,” the judge wrote.
Garber, in a statement late Wednesday, acknowledged the university isn’t fully in the clear yet.
“Even as we acknowledge the important principles affirmed in today’s ruling, we will continue to assess the implications of the opinion, monitor further legal developments, and be mindful of the changing landscape in which we seek to fulfill our mission,” he said in a letter to the campus community.
And the absurdity continues. The governors of the school do nothing to stop anti-Semitism. The staff permits and encourages it. People are hired to push policies to increase anti-Semitism and admissions reach out to pro-Hamas foreign students. But sure, all that has nothing to do with, you know, anti-Semitism on campus.
ReplyDeletehttps://nationalpost.com/opinion/joel-kotkin-yes-fascism-is-a-threat-but-its-coming-from-the-left?itm_source=index
ReplyDeleteThat's why Jewish organizations have not been able to handle the new surge of Jew hatred. It's coming from the side they're still convinced is their ally.
DeleteThey hire many (disinterested) Jews.
DeleteWho support their agenda.