He’ll probaly lose his efforts…
(Columbia University has NOT gone to court Against Trump.…Yet?)
But he IS doing what he TRYPICALLY DOES…(Tariff’s?)
Punch at them to get his concessions in the end…….
When President Trump issued an ultimatum to Columbia University — canceling $400 million in funding and demanding an overhaul of its admissions and disciplinary rules — it launched the institution into an extraordinary crisis.
According to legal scholars, it may have also violated the law and the Constitution.
“Never has the government brought such leverage against an institution of higher education,” said Lee C. Bollinger, the former president of Columbia University, who stepped down in 2023 after a 21-year tenure. “The university is in an incredibly unprecedented and dangerous situation. It is an existential threat.”
The Trump administration has accused Columbia of failing to protect students and faculty from “antisemitic violence and harassment,” particularly in the months since the war in Gaza ignited a pro-Palestinian protest movement on campus, which then spread across the country. The government has said its demands are intended to protect Jewish students from discrimination.
Columbia thus far has publicly responded with caution and deference. The university is “committed to working with the federal government to address their legitimate concerns,” Columbia’s interim president, Dr. Katrina Armstrong, wrote in a letter to the university community.
The response has concerned some legal scholars because they believe the government has drastically overstepped its authority.
“It is puzzling that they have not filed a lawsuit that they would be extremely likely to prevail in,” said Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School.
Genevieve Lakier, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, said Columbia might be worried about escalating a battle with the Trump administration. “The institution is staffed with very intelligent lawyers,” she said. “I have to assume that they are concerned that the other shoes that could drop are worse.”
Some free expression experts said that the administration’s tactics violate the protections of the First Amendment. “The Supreme Court has imposed a very high burden on the government if it seeks to intrude into the core decisions of academic freedom,” Professor Bollinger said.
Other legal scholars said that the government is not adhering to the procedure and restrictions explicitly laid out in the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was written with safeguards to prevent governments from leveraging federal funds in a malicious….
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It is also part of a broader campaign by the Trump administration targeting institutions of higher education. Shortly after taking office, Mr. Trump announced the creation of a federal task force to combat antisemitism, particularly on college campuses. And after announcing its plan to cancel grants and contracts with Columbia, the government warned 59 other universities that a similar fate could await them. Among the schools listed were Harvard, Cornell and Johns Hopkins, as well as state schools including Arizona State University and the University of Tennessee.
To some students, parents and faculty, Columbia University has often failed to find a balance between respecting the rights of protesters and providing a sense of safety to Jewish people….
Note…
In this case?
The problem maybe Columbia University ITESLF?
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