ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA FILES AMICUS BRIEF TO PROTECT HARVARD FROM UNLAWFUL FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING FREEZE

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 23 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus briefin support of Harvard's lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's unjustified and illegal decision to freeze and terminate more than $2 billion in federal research grant funding. The Trump Administration's attacks come in retaliationforHarvard's refusal to cave to the President's demands that the university restructure its internal governance, change its hiring and admissions practices, and modify what it teaches its students to align with the federal government's views. In the brief, the attorneys general urge the U.S. Court of Appeal...