Laurence Tribe: ‘Harvard Is Doing Its Part’ in Fighting Anti-Semitism, Trump’s Claim Is ‘Bogus’

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TRIBE: “I’m not perplexed at all. I agree very much with President Roth that the President’s claim, President Trump’s claim, that he’s fighting anti-Semitism is bogus. Of course, anti-Semitism is real, it’s pervasive, but Harvard is doing its part in fighting it. The President is just using his anti-anti-Semitism trope as a fig leaf for doing what he wants. And what he wants is to bring everyone to heel, to prove that he doesn’t need the law behind him in order to crush individuals — you’ve heard those poor students who don’t know what their fate is going to be — and to crush universities, especially Harvard as the sort of the emblem of intellectual excellence. The fact is that these students have reason to fear. I have absolutely no doubt that Harvard will win a permanent injunction against this lawless action. I’ve looked at the law, there’s no basis for it. But the fact that people keep winning in court against the Trump Administration doesn’t prevent it from inducing fear throughout the country. If you look at the cases in which the Trump Administration has been involved in the month of May, it has lost more than 95% of them. That doesn’t stop them. It’s a catch-me-if-you-can approach.”