Harvard is better off with the damage being done than by giving up things it doesn’t have to give up and still having the damage done at a later point.
They’re in it for the long-haul. If they roll over now they’ll absolutely get crushed. Letting people and organizations get away with defiance, even for a moment, is weakness and authoritarians can’t ever appear weak.
If Harvard gives in, Trump will do this again.
Harvard is better off with the damage being done than by giving up things it doesn’t have to give up and still having the damage done at a later point.
They’re in it for the long-haul. If they roll over now they’ll absolutely get crushed. Letting people and organizations get away with defiance, even for a moment, is weakness and authoritarians can’t ever appear weak.
I can only imagine how many foreign-born lawyers exist among their alumni, who care personally enough about this matter to fight pro-bono.