Is Trump’s college crackdown legal?
April 24, 2025
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as posted by the channelThe Trump administration is waging war on academia — from the institutions themselves to the students who attend them. Prestigious universities such as Columbia, Harvard and more, are navigating threats from the administration to cut funding — or actual cuts to funding, in Harvard's case — if they don't comply with demands related to Trump's political agenda. Then there are the high-profile detentions of foreign students driving anxiety on college campuses. On this episode of “Can They Do That” MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin dives deep into the legal details of Trump's attacks on academia with Columbia University Law Professor and former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice, Jamal Greene. Hear why Greene says "there's no question" the country is in a constitutional crisis and what he thinks about the administration's attacks on colleges around the country.
Editor’s note: This episode was taped before Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The university sued after the federal government said it was freezing $2.2 billion in grants and sought what university officials described as "unprecedented and improper" control over the Ivy League institution.
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