Laurence Tribe: After Harvard, Trump Is Going to Attack the Next University, Not Even King George III Has Exercised this Power

TRIBE This is a ░░░░░░░░ shot to all universities ░░░░░░░░ America And the warning ░░░░░░░░ is that this president ░░░░░░░░ he has the power ░░░░░░░░ change the curriculum change ░░░░░░░░ approach change everything about ░░░░░░░░ way education proceeds in ░░░░░░░░ country Harvard is the ░░░░░░░░ he s picking on ░░░░░░░░ and he s throwing ░░░░░░░░ he can at Harvard ░░░░░░░░ just the sudden withdrawal ░░░░░░░░ the right to enroll ░░░░░░░░ students who make an ░░░░░░░░ contribution to Harvard and ░░░░░░░░ the world but also ░░░░░░░░ to strip Harvard of ░░░░░░░░ tax exemptions and tax ░░░░░░░░ and cutting off all ░░░░░░░░ grants The point about ░░░░░░░░ is he s doing ░░░░░░░░ to Harvard by name ░░░░░░░░ after Harvard it ll ░░░░░░░░ somebody else by name ░░░░░░░░ since King Henry VIII ░░░░░░░░ government either England or ░░░░░░░░ the United States asserted ░░░░░░░░ power of a politician ░░░░░░░░ a political Branch to ░░░░░░░░ decide whom to punish ░░░░░░░░ s called a bill ░░░░░░░░ attainder It went all ░░░░░░░░ way back to Edward ░░░░░░░░ And not even King ░░░░░░░░ III exercised this kind ░░░░░░░░ power He had to ░░░░░░░░ parliament to go along ░░░░░░░░ guy thinks he is ░░░░░░░░ just a king but ░░░░░░░░ king with powers beyond ░░░░░░░░ imaginations of the modern ░░░░░░░░ of the last few ░░░░░░░░ in England The bill ░░░░░░░░ attainder is just shorthand ░░░░░░░░ the attempt by either ░░░░░░░░ or the president or ░░░░░░░░ of them acting together ░░░░░░░░ bypass due process trial ░░░░░░░░ jury Every process for ░░░░░░░░ whether the institution or ░░░░░░░░ who is being singled ░░░░░░░░ for punishment deserves it ░░░░░░░░ actually done anything wrong ░░░░░░░░ Trump University was sued ░░░░░░░░ was all over the ░░░░░░░░ that We are entitled ░░░░░░░░ a fair hearing on ░░░░░░░░ we did commit fraud ░░░░░░░░ that was ultimately settled ░░░░░░░░ Harvard supposedly doesn t ░░░░░░░░ that hearing Well actually ░░░░░░░░ President Garber stood up ░░░░░░░░ President Trump the government ░░░░░░░░ back a bit And ░░░░░░░░ morning they issued a ░░░░░░░░ saying Okay we will ░░░░░░░░ through some procedures as ░░░░░░░░ law requires before we ░░░░░░░░ away your right to ░░░░░░░░ foreign students under the ░░░░░░░░ program that s been ░░░░░░░░ place for 70 years ░░░░░░░░ they ve clearly already ░░░░░░░░ their conclusion That s ░░░░░░░░ it s so clear ░░░░░░░░ the fear that these ░░░░░░░░ have so clear that ░░░░░░░░ Allison Burroughs insists on ░░░░░░░░ the ability of the ░░░░░░░░ government to keep piling ░░░░░░░░ to Harvard And Harvard ░░░░░░░░ this case is basically ░░░░░░░░ interests of the whole ░░░░░░░░