Ok y’all, I’ll keep this short and sweet. This came out late yesterday. I have something about Harvard that I think you should be aware of. I expect that the university news will fade to a trickle soon and not resurface until the case goes to court later this year. It’s about that case, actually. Here’s more from CNN:
More than 12,000 Harvard alumni – from the class of 1950 to the just-graduated class of 2025 – added their signatures to an amicus brief, a legal document sent by a third party to a lawsuit offering the court additional information about the case. The brief, first reported by CNN, was submitted to the court on Monday.
The signatories come from a range of backgrounds, united by a Harvard degree and concern for the future of their alma mater: a Wisconsin beer brewer, comedian Conan O’Brien, an Ohio fighter pilot, author Margaret Atwood, a South Dakota tribal leader and Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healy, among other prominent members of communities across the country and globe.
And the TWELVE THOUSAND alumni involved believe it’s a historic moment as Harvard defends itself – and in turn, potentially sets a precedent for other colleges and universities amid a major clash over academic freedom, federal funding, and campus oversight.
Now, how about that shizzle? That’s pretty major. I think it will carry a lot of weight, even if it’s a third-party piece of evidence. I hope their lawyer(s) will be able to use it well. I’m so impressed I don’t even really have the words to describe that, if you can believe it from me!
“As alumni, we are deeply alarmed by the Government’s reckless and unlawful attempts to assert control over the core functions of Harvard and its fellow institutions of higher education. Without due process or any recognizable basis in law—and with complete disregard for the freedoms the Constitution secures and the constraints it imposes—the Government has embarked on a campaign to deploy every power at its disposal to damage Harvard,” the brief says.
It continues, “The Government’s end goal is to narrow our freedoms to learn, teach, think, and act, and to claim for itself the right to dictate who may enjoy those freedoms. As alumni, we attest that Harvard’s true greatness resides in the ways we share these values and exercise these freedoms.”
As we all know, that is EXACTLY what is happening. And think about all the universities that caved and are now in worse trouble (hello, Columbia? Trump is calling)! Fighting back is the way to go. By the way, the State Department has reopened foreign student visa processing, and about time. They were blocked on that hard stop by a federal judge. Serves them right!
The university is now engaged in multiple legal battles with the Trump administration, which has launched several investigations into the school. White House officials and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have kept the door open to negotiating with the school, but the administration is not currently in talks.
So as I promised, short and sweet. TWELVE THOUSAND alumni and many others who didn’t sign due to fear of government retribution. Oh, yeaaaaaa. Thanks for sticking with me!
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SCOTUS sticks to the federalists period. this is all slapstick especially O’Brian
Um, considering the Federalist Society itself was founded partly by students from the Harvard Law School and the group appears to have an active chapter at Harvard Law School even today (and Justice Gorsuch holds a JD from Harvard Law School and seems to still be an active member of the group), I’m not sure what your comment is expected to mean. (I’m also baffled at the fact that it has any up-votes.)
We’ve already seen that Drumpf isn’t happy with the Federalist Society as a whole, despite a sizable chunk of his first term’s judicial nominees were (and, presumably, still are) members of the Federalist Society and that’s because judges from the group have NOT just yielded their judicial authority by ruling against Drumpf.
THANK YOU.
Hmm. A legal fight between a multiply convicted felon and the people he surrounds himself with who are even dumber than he is; and the premier university in the land – with it’s own law school, called Harvard.
Which side would you bet on prevailing?
Ha! I think you already know which side I’m on, but the answer would be Harvard. Especially adding TWELVE THOUSAND into evidence. H0 h0 h0.