US EditionTrump Administration Will Appeal Judge's Order Reversing Federal Funding Cuts at Harvard
The administration challenges a ruling that blocked cuts to nearly $2.7 billion in research funds over antisemitism allegations, raising constitutional and academic freedom issues.
- Late on Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit challenging Judge Allison D. Burroughs's ruling that blocked funding cuts and ordered the return of nearly $2.7 billion to Harvard.
- The administration says its demands included audits, admissions and hiring changes, and oversight aimed at addressing antisemitism, while Harvard University sued, arguing the funding freezes violated the First Amendment and administrative law.
- Following the ruling, Harvard researchers received $46 million restoring roughly 200 grants, as Judge Allison D. Burroughs found the administration's actions unlawful.
- For now, Judge Allison D. Burroughs's injunction keeps Harvard University’s federal funding intact while the appeal proceeds, and the First Circuit is expected to set a briefing schedule in the coming weeks.
- Against this backdrop, the case tests federal power over higher education and could influence future funding conditions, amid settlement talks including a potential $500 million payment and political pressure from President Donald Trump.
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Trump administration appealing Harvard funding ruling
The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that declared the rescission of $2.6 billion in federal funds from Harvard University was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a September ruling describing the White House crackdown on the Ivy League institution as “a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier…
Donald Trump’s government appealed a court order that restored funds that had cut off Harvard University, the oldest in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world, for allegedly tolerating anti-Semitism and promoting radical leftist ideas. Harvard has been at the center of the US President’s campaign against the country’s leading universities by challenging its demands to submit to the supervision of its curriculum, staff, st…
Trump DOJ Appeals Court Ruling Restoring Harvard’s $2 Billion in Federal Funding.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ has appealed a court ruling that determined the Trump administration unlawfully terminated $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Trump administration, attorneys with the DOJ, Harvard University, and U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs.WHEN & WHERE: The appeal was filed on Thursday, December 18, 2019, and will be heard by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court…
In question, a political and judicial arm around accusations of anti-Semitism and ideological bias within the institution.
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