{"id":2440982,"date":"2025-05-30T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-harvard-law-professor-says-harvard-is-going-to-lose-battle-against-trump-thanks-to-the-constitution\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:15:36","slug":"former-harvard-law-professor-says-harvard-is-going-to-lose-battle-against-trump-thanks-to-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-harvard-law-professor-says-harvard-is-going-to-lose-battle-against-trump-thanks-to-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Harvard Law Professor Says &#8216;Harvard Is Going to Lose&#8217; Battle Against Trump Thanks to the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-harvard-law-professor-says-harvard-is-going-to-lose-battle-against-trump-thanks-to-the-constitution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On a recent episode of Newsmax, legal scholar Alan Dershowitz argued that Harvard University&#8217;s ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration is unlikely to succeed. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs appears poised to grant Harvard a preliminary injunction that would block the government&#8217;s attempt to prevent the school from enrolling international students. Dershowitz maintained that the Constitution grants the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal government sole authority<\/a> over immigration decisions, asserting that the judiciary plays no role in such matters. He emphasized that Harvard&#8217;s challenge pertains to immigration control rather than academic freedom or constitutional protections. The Trump administration had previously stripped Harvard of its ability to enroll foreign students and accused the institution of various misconducts, including promoting anti-Semitism. Despite a federal judge&#8217;s injunction against some of these actions, the government&#8217;s decision to withdraw Harvard&#8217;s federal funding remains in effect. dershowitz concluded that the university will ultimately lose the case,reinforcing the government&#8217;s power over immigration matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Renowned constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz said on Newsmax on Thursday that Harvard University is fighting a legal battle it can&rsquo;t win.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs indicated Thursday, she would grant Harvard a preliminary injunction, effectively blocking the Trump administration&rsquo;s move to bar the school from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marco-rubio-announces-aggressive-crackdown-every-chinese-student-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enrolling international students<\/a>. During an appearance on &ldquo;Finnerty,&rdquo; Dershowitz laid out a detailed legal rationale for why Harvard&rsquo;s challenge will fail, saying that the Constitution grants the federal government, and not the courts, the exclusive power to decide who is allowed to enter the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be clear, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/humiliating-turn-star-harvard-professor-becomes-first-stripped-tenure-since-1940s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a> is going to lose this case. The United States government has the absolute, unequivocal right to decide who comes into the country and who doesn&rsquo;t. That&rsquo;s not up to the judicial branch. The judiciary has no role to play in determining who comes into the country. No one has a First Amendment right to come into the country to speak against Israel, to speak against the United States, to block student access to classes,&rdquo; Dershowitz told host Rob Finnerty.<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz said, this is not an issue of academic freedom or constitutional speech protections but a matter of sovereign control over national borders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v6rvdrb\/?pub=4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a privilege to come into the United States, and the government has an absolute right to prevent people from coming in. There may be a dispute as to whether the legislative branch or the executive branch has the ultimate authority, but there is no dispute that judges have no authority whatsoever,&rdquo; Dershowitz said.<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz drew a line between procedural oversight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-russias-ties-to-hamas-fuel-western-suspicions-that-putin-wants-crisis-to-worsen\/\" title=\"Western suspicions grow as Russia&#039;s connections to Hamas in Israel war fuel concerns that Putin seeks to escalate the crisis.\">ultimate decision-making power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They can demand due process. They can demand that the constitutional power of the president or of Congress be exercised properly, but they have no power over the ultimate decision who comes into the country and who doesn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Dershowitz said. &ldquo;So Harvard&rsquo;s going to lose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.285083\/gov.uscourts.mad.285083.49.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notified<\/a> the court before the hearing that it would grant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-warns-harvard-going-hit-next-trade-schools-loving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a> 30 days to present evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/us\/trump-harvard-international-students.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenging<\/a> the basis of the government&rsquo;s decision. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/05\/22\/harvard-university-loses-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-certification-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> Harvard officials of promoting anti-Semitism, enabling violence, and collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller previously reported that the Department of Homeland Security stripped Harvard of its authority to enroll and retain foreign students, but a federal judge quickly stepped in to halt the move. Despite the injunction, the administration&rsquo;s termination of Harvard&rsquo;s federal grant remains in effect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs suggested she would issue a preliminary injunction to prevent the Trump administration from prohibiting the university from admitting international students. In his segment on &#8220;Finnerty,&#8221; Dershowitz provided a comprehensive legal argument for why he believes Harvard&#8217;s case will not succeed, asserting that the Constitution grants the federal government, rather than the courts, exclusive authority over immigration decisions. He emphasized that Harvard is likely to lose this case because the government has an undeniable right to control who enters the country, and this matter does not involve judicial authority or First Amendment rights related to speech against Israel or the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-v-Harvard.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8062,37363,56225,56226,3634],"class_list":["post-2440982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-constitution","tag-education-news","tag-harvard-law","tag-legal-opinions","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-v-Harvard.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440986,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440982\/revisions\/2440986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}