Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming that the government is infringing on its constitutional rights by freezing federal funds as punishment for the university's refusal to comply with specific demands. Laurence Tribe explained that such political interference is typical of autocratic regimes, suggesting that this situation parallels historical instances where leaders attempt to exert control over educational institutions to diminish their independence.
The basic claim is one that really connects what's going on here to what's gone on throughout history when autocrats and tyrants and basically mafia-like leaders decide that they really don't want universities to be independent.
That's what Hitler basically said, although it sounds different in the original German, Tribe replied, adding: When he sent it to the university at Frankfurt and then took them over.
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