Steve Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center:
Yes, I mean, so, William, there, I think, are two different problems here.
The first is that federal law provides a process for revoking those kinds of grants, for bringing claims of discrimination against universities like Harvard. They didn’t follow it here. And, second, there were the obvious First Amendment issues with going after a university based on what really looks like, for the most part, constitutionally protected speech.
As you mentioned, it’s just a district court. It still has to go up to the federal appeals court in Boston and probably from thence to the Supreme Court, but it’s a big win for Harvard and another in, as you say, a number of recent losses for this administration.
