Legal Expert Backs Trump Admin's Crackdown On Harvard: 'accountability Must Be Enforced'

The Trump management garnered mixed reactions aft announcing it would extremity each early assistance backing for Harvard University unless nan schoolhouse complied pinch its demands. This latest move adds to nan escalating tensions betwixt nan White House and elite universities.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a missive to Harvard University President Alan Garber, which she besides shared connected societal media. In nan letter, McMahon ripped nan university, accusing it of "engaging successful a systemic shape of violating national law."

"Harvard University has made a insult of this country’s higher acquisition system," McMahon wrote. "In each way, Harvard has grounded to abide by its ineligible obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities and immoderate semblance of world rigor."

The Trump management has implemented a broader crackdown connected respective universities, including Harvard and Columbia, complete allegations of antisemitism linked to field anti-Israel protests. Some position nan administration’s actions arsenic a shape of accountability, while others mobility whether it’s nan due approach.

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Yael Lerman, nan head of nan StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department — which intends to assistance those seeking to return ineligible action to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism — told Fox News Digital that she supports nan Trump administration’s effort.

"The caller findings from nan antisemitism study astatine Harvard University are profoundly troubling and underscore a broader nonaccomplishment to protect Jewish students and foster a safe, inclusive field environment," Lerman said. "Given these findings, we judge it is some due and basal to return lawful measures to region immoderate caller national backing to Harvard until meaningful corrective action is taken. Federal support should beryllium contingent connected a university’s committedness to upholding civilian rights, including actively addressing antisemitism. Accountability must beryllium much than a principle—it must beryllium enforced."

Supporters of Palestinians stitchery astatine Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians successful Gaza astatine a rally successful Cambridge, Massachusetts, connected October 14, 2023.  (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Eli Solomon, a first-year student astatine Harvard studying Government and Philosophy, besides said successful favour of nan administration’s crackdown connected nan elite school, viewing it arsenic a measurement of holding nan assemblage accountable.

"The Trump administration’s determination is simply a superior but basal measurement successful helping Harvard go nan spot I cognize it tin beryllium and unrecorded up to its motto of ‘Veritas.’ I americium grateful to person nan opportunity to be Harvard, but it is unfortunate that nan assemblage has embraced a civilization that silences blimpish voices and allows antisemitism to thrive," Solomon told Fox News Digital successful a statement.

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However, a Jewish Harvard postgraduate who requested anonymity, told Fox News Digital that nan Trump management was not approaching nan rumor successful nan correct way.

"Rather than guarantee freedoms, nan Trump management is attempting to dictate nan nonstop ideological leaning that they find acceptable successful assemblage life. The assemblage is rampant pinch group who deficiency communal consciousness arsenic we person seen pinch nan pro-Hamas supporters here, but we request to onslaught nan rumor successful a different way," nan Harvard grad said.

Harvard University President Alan Garber attends nan Harvard University 363rd Commencement Exercises Ceremony connected May 29, 2014 successful Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

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On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that his management was seeking to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. 

Fox News Digital reported successful April that nan management asked nan Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to return distant nan university’s status. Additionally, past period nan management froze $2.2 cardinal successful backing to nan university, which nan president branded arsenic "antisemitic" and "a threat to democracy."

In April, Garber made it clear that nan assemblage would not comply pinch nan Trump administration’s demands. Garber asserted that "no government… should dictate what backstage universities tin teach, whom they tin admit and hire, and areas of study and enquiry they tin pursue."

Additionally, nan assemblage filed a lawsuit against nan admin complete its "unlawful" freezing of funds.