MA Attorney General Campbell leads coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of Harvard University’s challenge to Trump Administration’s retaliatory federal funding freeze
Published Date: Jun 9, 2025
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, supporting Harvard University’s motion for summary judgment in litigation against a number of federal agencies for their unlawful cancellation of more than $2 billion in federal funding to the university. "The Trump Administration’s attack on Harvard is an attack on the Commonwealth itself. The President cannot strong-arm universities into abandoning their core values or relinquishing their independence. Harvard is right to uphold diversity, academic freedom, and students’ rights, and I will continue to stand with every university that shows the courage to defend these principles in this moment.” – AG Campbell