US EditionIowa AG Brenna Bird Leads Amicus Brief Supporting Trump Administration’s Harvard Funding Cuts
- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, representing a group of 16 states, joined in submitting an amicus brief backing the Trump administration’s April 2024 decision to reduce federal funding for Harvard University amid concerns about antisemitism on campus.
- The cuts followed reports of Harvard's failure to address antisemitism and rejection of federal demands to reform policies and admissions, with lawsuits ensuing from both sides.
- The coalition cited a 311-page Harvard Task Force report documenting an alienating atmosphere for Jewish and Israeli students post-October 2023 and referenced the 1983 Supreme Court Bob Jones University case as legal precedent.
- The government froze $2.2 billion initially, then cut an additional $450 million, while Harvard contested the moves as punitive and a First Amendment violation, but states argued funding conditions target illegal discrimination.
- This dispute has national implications for federal funding tied to nondiscrimination enforcement, with potential effects on higher education governance and protections for Jewish students on campus.
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State Attorneys General Back Trump's Effort to Hold Harvard Accountable
Sixteen state attorneys general banded together to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold Harvard University accountable for alleged antisemitism and racial discrimination. “We stand firmly with the Trump administration and against antisemitism,” said Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, the leader of the coalition. “But Harvard does not. When President Trump acted to fix the rampant antisemitism on Harvard’s campus by restricting federa…
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Iowa AG Brenna Bird leads amicus brief supporting Trump administration’s Harvard funding cuts
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 16-state coalition filing an amicus brief Tuesday supporting the Trump administration’s efforts to cut some funding for Harvard University over reported claims of antisemitism on campus. Bird, alongside 15 other attorneys general, filed…
16 states back Trump in court battle against Harvard over funding freeze for antisemitism response
Iowa attorney general leads 15 other state prosecutors filing an amicus brief supporting Trump's freeze of $2 billion in Harvard funding over the university's response to campus antisemitism.
16 States Support Trump Admin Over Harvard in New Amicus Brief as Part of Federal Funding Lawsuit
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US on Oct. 14, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder Attorneys general representing 16 US states have together filed an amicus brief in support of the Trump administration, which is being sued by Harvard University for confiscating some $2.26 billion of its federal contracts and research grants. On Monday, the attorneys general of Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Florida, and others said in their amicus brief th…
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