Judge Orders Trump Administration to Unfreeze Harvard Grants, Citing Antisemitism Smokescreen
A federal judge in Boston has overturned the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard University. The court order stated that the administration used antisemitism as a pretext for politically motivated actions, violating the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, and Title VI. The judge found that the administration failed to demonstrate a non-retaliatory basis for the grant terminations, which included demands related to university ideology and pedagogy. Despite the ruling, the White House and the Education Department expressed disagreement, maintaining Harvard’s ineligibility for future grants and criticizing the university’s handling of discrimination issues.
John Q. Hosedrinker