Trump unlawfully canceled Harvard's research grants, US judge rules

13 dsubburam 3 9/3/2025, 9:31:26 PM reuters.com ↗

Comments (3)

SilverElfin · 3h ago
This is absurd. Of course the executive can cancel grants from agencies that are directed by the executive. It is not an issue of speech, but whether the grant implements the goals the administration has. And in this case they don’t. Claiming that Harvard has to control who it hires for it to have free speech is inconsistent. Would the same judge agree then that federal contracts requiring ownership or quotas based on race and sex are also a violation of free speech? It’s also weird that the judge is guessing at the administration’s intent to make his case rather than on what the administration laid out (regarding discrimination against Jewish students and faculty).
jeffbee · 2h ago
It's an 84-page discussion of why the plaintiff's activities were protected speech. Your dismissal of that as "absurd" would be more convincing if it enjoyed any supporting statements.
SilverElfin · 33m ago
And those pages boil down to guessing at intent and claiming control over hiring is part of free speech. Your dismissal of my comment would be more convincing if it addressed what I actually said.