What would Livy have made of Trump’s treatment of Harvard?

What would Livy have made of Trump’s treatment of Harvard?

It is not surprising that Donald Trump holds the law in contempt. That is what happens when you have a criminal as President. His treatment of Harvard University is an example: he has cancelled a very large grant, saying Harvard is guilty, as charged, of doing nothing about student riots, on the back not of

Harvard Sues Feds Over Multi-Billion Dollar Funding Freeze

JUMP TO… Background Funding Freeze Lawsuit White House Response Release the Records Why It Matters Harvard sued the federal government Monday for freezing $2.8 billion of the college’s federal aid. The suit is the latest salvo in an escalating skirmish between the once-venerated college and the Trump administration. Background The government’s Joint Task Force Combatting Antisemitism, which includes the General Services Administration (GSA) and…

Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut (NYT) - Brandeis Center

Published by The New York Times on 4/22/2025 In the three months since President Trump returned to power, his administration has prized speed and shock value. Harvard University is wagering that White House strategy could be used against it. The 51-page lawsuit the university filed on Monday, intended to fight the administration’s freeze of billions in federal funding, hinges largely on a statute that provides specific timelines for federal agen…