A lot of people I know, coming from the upper-crust of the educated class, are deeply disturbed that President Trump’s administration is picking a fight with Harvard over its civil rights violations and cooperation with China’s government.
Unfortunately, while few of these people would deny that Harvard has made a few “mistakes” in dealing with growing antisemitism on campus, and they might even tut-tut that Harvard’s admissions and hiring policies are a bit extreme when it comes to choosing students based on racial and religious characteristics, they insist that as a private institution Harvard should be left alone to manage itself.
It’s a First Amendment issue, they insist.
On its face, this defense has the sheen of plausibility, but the reality is that Harvard breaks laws and agreements with the federal government every day, and on a daily basis…
