Posted on 09/03/2025 7:20:14 PM PDT by thegagline
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to restore about $2.2 billion in federal funding for Harvard University, despite finding the Ivy League school was “plagued by antisemitism.”
Regardless of antisemitism concerns, Boston-based District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled the federal grants awarded to Harvard were unlawfully terminated by President Trump.
Burroughs, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, determined there was “more than sufficient” evidence indicating the Trump administration “impermissibly retaliated against Harvard for refusing to capitulate to the government’s demands.”
The Trump administration “specifically and repeatedly linked the coordinated funding cuts to Harvard’s decision to ‘fight,’” Burroughs wrote in her 84-page ruling.
“That ‘fight’ (Harvard’s decision to speak out and litigate its case in the courts and the marketplace of ideas), however, is indisputably protected by the First Amendment.”
The ruling reverses federal funding freezes imposed on Harvard by Trump earlier this year, in response to allegations the Cambridge, Mass., school was promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and discriminating against Jewish students and faculty by not doing enough to combat antisemitism on campus.
The paused research funding was later outright terminated by Trump as his fight with Harvard escalated.
“To any fair-minded observer, it is clear that Harvard University failed to protect their students from harassment and allowed discrimination to plague their campus for years,” White House spokeswoman Liz Huston said in a statement. “Harvard does not have a constitutional right to taxpayer dollars and remains ineligible for grants in the future.” *** However, the judge found the Trump administration “used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of the [Administrative Procedure Act], the First Amendment and Title VI.”
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U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs (Blocked Trump from canceling Harvard’s student visa program, student visa holder’s unfettered access to the United States; ordered Trump to restore 2.2 billion dollar funding to Harvard)
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer (Ruled that the National Guard cannot be used to protect federal officers engaging in immigration enforcement; Ordered Trump to immediately turn over control of the National Guard to Gavin Newsome)
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss (Suspended our national border)
U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman (blocked Trump from defunding/punishing the NY MTA over congestion pricing)
U.S. District Judge Hellerstein (Blocked Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Aliens Enemies Act)
U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ( Impeachment, January 6th etc),
U.S. District Court Judge Adam Abelson, (injunction against Trump terminating DEI grants and programs )
U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg (holding the Trump Administration in contempt for not returning the plane full of Venezuelan gang members; injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members ; released a person who threatened to disembowel the president )
U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, (twice rejectedTrump’s effort to move his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court)
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ( Blocked DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration records)
U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer(Injunction DOGE Dept of Treasury, referred to Trump as a tyrant),
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan (E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case),
Judge Arthur Engoron (NY civil fraud case- levied $350,000,000 fine on Trump)
Jeffrey Goldberg (dual US-Israel citizen, former member of the Israel Defense Forces, leaked classified Signal meeting details in possible controvention of the the Espionage Act and the Official Secrets Act)
Marc Elias( over 60 lawsuits attacking voter ID laws),
Merrick Garland,
Shenna Bellows (Maine Secretary of State-Ordered Trump off the ballot ) ,
Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State, ordered Trump off the ballot ),
George Soros,
Reid Hoffman (financial support for E Jean Carroll),
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin( financing the violent attacks against Tesla),
Judge David Ezra (stayed Texas law that permitted the arrest of illegals ),
Alejando Mayorkas,
Norm Eisen (152 lawsuits and counting against the Trump Administration)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (Called for mass mobilization and disruption against Republicans-“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.”
Senator Elissa Slotkin (Impeachment, “war plan” against Trump)
Senator Chuck Schumer (Called for Trump 45 and 47 impeachment)
Senator Jon Ossoff (Called for Trump to be impeached in 2025)
Adam Schiff ( impeachment, evidence of Russian collusion)
Rep. Laura Friedman (colluding with state AGs to engage in lawfare against Trump)
Senator Brian Schatz (Holding up over 300 of Trump’s nominations )
Rep. Jamie Raskin ( threatened foreign governments that support Trump, co-sponsored legislation to keep Trump of the ballot)
Rep. Sara Jacobs (Congress- Bill to defund DOGE)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman- Schultz( co-sponsored legislation to remove Trump from the ballot),
Organizers and funders of Not a King/ Anti-ICE protests
George Soros
Alex Soros
Alex Soros
Leah Greenberg,
Ezra Levin
Robert Weissman
, Donna Lieberman
Randi Weingarten
To be overturned at the Supreme Court
Well it’s already done. We’ll know for next time. Honestly, Trump needs to start working over congress. I really don’t like how afraid of a shutdown Trump seems to be. He sees it as his failure but I don’t think it is. Congress has the power of the purse when you sign it. Force them to cut this crap and veto any bill that doesn’t have it. Let them explain to their constituents why rich people in Boston need the money and without it government shouldn’t function.
When did this law school skank learn about economics. She’s full of ***. It appears she doesn’t know anything about the Constitution either. She should be running a AirBnb.
Wow, what a surprise: a lower level federal judge in uber-liberal Boston says that Trump can’t do something.
This will be overturned. Just yesterday, the DC circuit court overruled the DC district court, and effectively found that Trump had the ability to claw back or not pay over $20 billion worth of EPA giveaways at the very end of the Biden administration. This, too, will be overturned.
Traitor Roberts allows and encourages these doctrinaire Libtards.
How were they 'lawfully approved'? What is this process?
Why does Harvard get any money from the government? Why do they feel entitled to endless money with no strings attached?
As disconcerting as all these Obama/Biden judge rulings obstructing everything Trump does is the lack of getting Trump judges through the Senate and on the bench.
Without some balance in place when the Dems steal another national election all Trump’s and Vance’s EO’s will be reversed and we’ll be back to the dark days we’ve just had.
💯!!
Judge rules Trump unlawfully [ FILL-IN-THE-BLANK ]
Seriously, what will it take to remove those libtard “judges” from the courts?!
Getting Roberts to step down would be a help.
Very simple, just pull all their Security...And let happen hopefully will happen to them...
Next these Libtard judges will rule on what kind of toilet paper President Trump is using.
Honestly, I think the SCOTUS in its other rulings addressed this. The liberal funded and aligned judges don’t care. This will go to SCOTUS, and by the time it gets there the projects it was supposed to fund will mostly be gone, or the people who wrote the grants. Likely Harvard will just divert the money at that point.
The stealing from the poor to supply the rich racists theme bag of democrats should be exposed for all the working people to see. I am happy Trump has let everyone experience how Wisely the Democrats used the money they take from every paycheck, while they simultaneously were bankrupting social security.
The Supremes will over rule this Baboso
Why?
Harvard is Deep State.
From 1961...
“I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the telephone directory, than by the Harvard University faculty.”
William F. Buckley, Jr.
And on a Hatlrvard related note...
Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
🚨 WOW: Keith Ellison’s son is cashing a six-figure paycheck from taxpayers without even showing up to work.
Jeremiah Ellison plans to keep his Minneapolis council seat and $109,000 salary while away at Harvard.
Unbelievable.
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It’s a big club.
But we’re not in it.
It’s a bit unfair to say that when he is in the majority on a string of 6-3 decisions in favor of POTUS.
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