Harvard: Federal judge questions legality of $2 billion funding freeze

A federal judge cast doubt on the legality of the Trump administration's freezing of more than $2 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University.

- Bloomberg

In a hearing in Boston Monday, US District Judge Allison Burroughs raised questions about the constitutionality of the government's decision to slash billions in funding and called some of their arguments “mind boggling.” She pushed back on claims by Justice Department lawyers that the funding cuts were justified by Harvard's failure to tackle antisemitism on campus. “There are limits to what you can terminate, and why, and how,” Burroughs said during the hearing. “It seem