More than $2 billion in federal funds committed to Harvard University are likely to stay frozen by the Trump administration well into the summer after the sides met for the first time in a Boston courtroom in their high-stakes sparring match over political ideology in American higher education.In a 15-minute hearing Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs, a Barack Obama appointee, set July 21 for oral arguments. Harvard, the nation맥스카지노�s oldest and wealthiest college, has asked for a final decision on an expedited schedule rather than an immediate order to restore the money, meaning the university will be without the grant and contract funds it says are critical for ongoing research for at least the next 12 weeks 맥스카지노� unless the White House voluntarily walks back its decision.While Harvard맥스카지노�s lawsuit over the $2.2 billion freeze in federal research funding marked an escalation in the ongoing fight between the White House and higher education, legal observers warn the stakes are much higher as the Trump administration also looks to walk back U.S. institutions맥스카지노� commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, their rules for campus protests and whom they admit and employ.맥스카지노�How long can we go without investments in universities that produce innovations in health or advances that help us deal with climate change or psychological insight to help our communities thrive?맥스카지노� asked Osamudia James, a law professor at the University of North Carolina whose specialties include administrative law.맥스카지노�Or how long can we survive the erosion of democratic norms, erosions to freedom of expression 맥스카지노� the independence of universities? The fight is actually bigger than just, oh, how much money does Harvard have? Or how long can it last, or whether it should be getting these grants. What is at stake here is whether an administration can just do whatever it wants to do and punish entities that they perceive as a threat.맥스카지노�Harvard filed suit a week ago, days after the Trump administration announced it was cutting billions of dollars in grants following what the White House said was a breakdown in discussions over combating antisemitism on campus. The administration has cited discrimination investigations in slashing funding recently for other universities 맥스카지노� including Cornell and Northwestern 맥스카지노� and sent letters to 60 institutions of higher learning, warning them of potential punishment if they fail 맥스카지노�to protect Jewish students on campus.맥스카지노�The White House also has threatened to rescind Harvard맥스카지노�s tax-exempt status and its eligibility to host foreign students.Harvard맥스카지노�s lawsuit lists as defendants the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Department of Education, Department of Justice, General Services Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.It맥스카지노�s not the first time Burroughs has heard a landmark case involving the preeminent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Burroughs, who earned her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania and her bachelor맥스카지노�s at Middlebury College in Vermont, upheld Harvard맥스카지노�s admissions process in a 2019 ruling overturned by the Supreme Court맥스카지노�s landmark decision ending race-conscious admissions in American colleges.The university now not only argues the Trump administration맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�attempt to coerce and control Harvard disregards 맥스카지노� fundamental First Amendment principles맥스카지노� but also maintains Washington violated an arcane 1946 law governing administrative policies. In particular, the Administrative Procedure Act 맥스카지노�requires this Court to hold unlawful and set aside any final agency action that is 맥스카지노�arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law,맥스카지노�맥스카지노� the Harvard lawsuit says.Before filing its lawsuit, Harvard hired two attorneys with deep Republican connections: William Burck served as a special counsel to President George W. Bush and recently helped law firm Paul Weiss negotiate with the Trump administration to lift an executive order targeting the firm; Robert Hur was appointed special counsel to investigate former President Joe Biden맥스카지노�s handling of classified documents and famously referred to Biden as 맥스카지노�a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�What these guys bring is a solid conservative credential, people who are well known on the right,맥스카지노� said CNN legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers, a lecturer at Columbia Law School. 맥스카지노�This gives them, they hope, a better team to go in and try to negotiate a settlement that will be beneficial to Harvard because these guys have credibility within the Trump administration.맥스카지노�The Trump administration as recently as last week said its demands in letters it sent to Harvard were intended as part of an ongoing negotiation process. 맥스카지노�We had hoped Harvard would come back to the table to discuss these,맥스카지노� McMahon told CNBC맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Squawk Box맥스카지노� last Tuesday, adding it is not too late for discussions to resume.Trump administration attorneys have not responded to the allegations in the lawsuit, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that same day, 맥스카지노�The president has made it quite clear that it맥스카지노�s Harvard who has put themselves in the position to lose their own funding by not obeying federal law, and we expect all colleges and universities who are receiving taxpayer funds to abide by federal law.맥스카지노�