Appeals court hears arguments over Trump administration cuts to Harvard

A federal appeals court has heard arguments over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. Attorneys for the administration and Harvard appeared Monday before a three-judge panel of the First U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Boston. U.S.

District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands for changes to Harvard’s governance and policies. Justice Department attorney Michael Velchik argued that the fight over the money was a contractual dispute that rightly belonged in a different court. Paul Clement, an attorney for Harvard, said the dispute involved broader issues.

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