HARSANYI: We Have No Constitutional or Moral Duty to Subsidize Harvard

HARSANYI: We have no constitutional or moral duty to subsidize Harvard

Do taxpayers have a constitutional duty to bankroll Harvard University? On MSNBC, David French argued that the Trump administration’s defunding of Harvard is little more than “political retaliation.” In the United States, we don’t sentence people before hearing the verdict, The New York Times columnist said. Ignoring due process is “directly contrary to our constitutional principles.” French might not be aware that in addition to the joint-gover…