{"id":9652,"date":"2025-07-21T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=9652"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:00:15","slug":"harvard-gegen-washington-wie-trumps-regierung-die-forschung-angriff-und-nun-vor-gericht-steht-finanzierung-von-radio-free-europe-darf-nicht-eingestellt-werden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/harvard-gegen-washington-wie-trumps-regierung-die-forschung-angriff-und-nun-vor-gericht-steht-finanzierung-von-radio-free-europe-darf-nicht-eingestellt-werden\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard vs. Washington \u2013 How Trump\u2019s Administration Attacked Science and Now Faces Court - Funding for Radio Free Europe Cannot Be Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a case that reaches far beyond the campus of Cambridge: On Monday, the storied Harvard University defended itself before the federal court in Boston against a massive intervention by the U.S. government under President Donald Trump. At stake is nothing less than the allegation that the White House arbitrarily cut 2.6 billion U.S. dollars in research funding \u2013 as political punishment for Harvard\u2019s resistance to a campaign by the administration. It is a symbolic legal battle: academic freedom versus political pressure. Science versus ideology. And Harvard versus Trump. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs listened extensively to the university\u2019s arguments during the hearing. Harvard attorney Steven Lehotsky accused the government of linking federal grants \u201cto the condition that the university surrender control over what professors and students are allowed to say.\u201d The funding cuts, he said, were a response to a letter dated April 11 \u2013 issued by a federal antisemitism task force, demanding that Harvard change its approach to freedom of expression on campus. Harvard refused. The consequence: an unprecedented collapse in public funding, which particularly crippled medical, security-related, and cancer research. In its filings, the university argued that the abrupt termination of projects combating cancer, supporting veterans, and enhancing national security had no connection whatsoever to the allegations of antisemitism. The government, on the other hand, claimed it was a \u201cfundamental reassessment\u201d related to the policy alignment of federal support. But Judge Burroughs indicated that she viewed this stance with skepticism. \u201cI don\u2019t see any documented process by which one could determine whether Harvard adequately addressed antisemitism,\u201d she stated. \u201cThe consequences, constitutionally speaking, are staggering.\u201d No decision was issued immediately; the ruling is expected in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harvard, which holds the largest endowment of any U.S. university \u2013 most recently around 53 billion dollars \u2013 has begun to self-fund a portion of its research. But the university made clear that it cannot fully absorb losses amounting to billions. In particular, the medical schools, the Broad Institute, and several international research collaborations have since come to a standstill or been drastically scaled back. A court victory could not only rescue Harvard but establish a precedent for the protection of academic independence \u2013 at a time when political interference in universities is increasing nationwide. Beyond Harvard, the authoritarian restructuring of the state by the Trump administration also dominates headlines this day: In Texas, the president is pushing for redistricting to secure at least five additional Republican seats in the House of Representatives. In Washington, Trump ordered the closure of the EPA\u2019s longstanding research office \u2013 thousands of scientists will lose their jobs. Instead, the president announced a \u201cmore practical, solution-oriented science unit\u201d to be led by politically loyal officials. At the same time, nearly 300 NASA employees \u2013 including six former astronauts \u2013 publicly voiced opposition to Trump\u2019s budget cuts: In an open letter, they criticized the loss of safety standards, the sell-off of long-term research goals, and a weakening of the national space program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cracks are also visible in foreign policy: Trump\u2019s administration was forced to accept a court ruling that it may not suspend funding for Radio Free Europe without due process. A federal judge in Washington ruled that the pro-democracy media network must continue to receive funding for the time being \u2013 as originally approved by Congress. The Trump administration had sought to grant the budget only under new, restrictive conditions, which would have jeopardized the outlet\u2019s editorial independence. Meanwhile, geopolitical struggles over influence, alliances, and authoritarian shifts continue to unfold on the world stage: As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Washington, the latter reaffirmed the existing defense pact with the U.S. The backdrop is China\u2019s aggressive posture in the South China Sea \u2013 and Trump\u2019s threatened 20 percent tariffs against the Philippines should new trade terms not be agreed upon by August 1. The U.S., Hegseth confirmed, stands \u201cfor peace through strength.\u201d Marcos, in turn, emphasized that the defense treaty remains the \u201cfoundation\u201d of the bilateral relationship. The image of the day, however, remains Harvard: a university in court, a president who has made science his enemy \u2013 and a judge whose decision could not only rescue research but redefine the limits of political arbitrariness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction, and means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/unterstuetzen-sie-unser-arbeit\/\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"daylight,topstory,trump-s-world\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1753128012\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Harvard gegen Washington \u2013 Wie Trumps Regierung die Forschung angriff und nun vor Gericht steht &#8211; Finanzierung von Radio Free Europe darf nicht eingestellt werden\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es ist ein Fall, der weit \u00fcber den Campus von Cambridge hinausreicht: Vor dem Bundesgericht in Boston verteidigte sich die traditionsreiche Harvard University am Montag gegen einen massiven Eingriff der US-Regierung unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump. Im Raum steht nicht weniger als der Vorwurf, das Wei\u00dfe Haus habe 2,6 Milliarden US-Dollar an Forschungsf\u00f6rderung willk\u00fcrlich gestrichen \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daylight","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen25.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Rainer Hofmann","author_link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harvard gegen Washington \u2013 Wie Trumps Regierung die Forschung angriff und nun vor Gericht steht - Finanzierung von Radio Free Europe darf nicht eingestellt werden - The Kaizen Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Es ist ein Fall, der weit \u00fcber den Campus von Cambridge hinausreicht: Vor dem Bundesgericht in Boston verteidigte sich die traditionsreiche Harvard University am Montag gegen einen massiven Eingriff der US-Regierung unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump. 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