Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social

23 days ago

It would be excellent if he were just to say “we are never making a deal with this mafia-ass organization, we’ll see them in court if they really want to press this lawless bullshit further” but I notice that he did not.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social

23 days ago

Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to th...

Michael Kevane @mkevane.com

23 days ago

Is there explainer of how administration's claim of findings of violations of various Title VI and IX (?) gives them considerable power over the finances of university, so from the principles perspective situation is murky, as the entity (the university) is supposedly in violation...

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Michael Kevane @mkevane.com
23 days ago

Presumably courts are defential to the findings of government? When powers of Title Vi/IX were being used against discriminatory ethnic/relgious/gender/sexual orientation practices in 1970s-90s (say) did many lawyers/profs adopt maximialist position (don't negotiate, fight all way to Supreme Court)?

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