Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Monday that Harvard’s lawsuit is likely a ploy to bring the Trump administration to the bargaining table, adding that the university would lose if the case ever made it to the Supreme Court.

Harvard filed suit on Monday to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants. Dershowitz told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” that the federal government has no legal obligation to fund universities.

“Harvard’s going to lose. It has no obligation legally, the government, to fund a $53 billion university. I don’t understand the basis of the lawsuit,” Dershowitz said. “They’re claiming First Amendment. But, you know, Harvard has the First Amendment right to speak and to teach and academic freedom, but it doesn’t have the right to get funding.

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