Judge deems Harvard funding freeze illegal

Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Boston has ruled that the federal government broke the law by freezing billions of dollars in research funds awarded to Harvard University.

The Trump administration has cited allegations of campus antisemitism.

“We must fight against antisemitism, but we equally need to protect our rights, including our right to free speech, and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the other,” Judge Burroughs wrote in the ruling.

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