The alternative seems to be that the Trump admin directs the State Dept to revoke all student visas from UC Berkeley, and they lose half their student body (and a good number of faculty) overnight.

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splatter9859 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Which is, of course, flat out unacceptable on many levels.

However; it seems to me some of these institutions could band together and pool resources both legal, financial, and otherwise to give something of a stronger defense than one alone.

Rock and a hard place certainly.

But there has to be something that can be done, albeit even in the United States broken systems of law, both constitutional and otherwise, to fight off this assault. Anything other than bending the knee and enabling further assaults on higher-education and/or the US democracy.

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rs186 2 days ago | parent [-]

It could be done, but I guess many these institutions think it's futile, especially given Supreme Court's recent stances. Harvard stands out and have secured a temporary win, but who knows what happens in 3 months. I am not optimistic.

I stopped believing in constitution for a while now. If the interpretation of it depends on who sits on the bench, it means it's nothing more than a piece of paper with some words on it.

	▲	cmxch 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Harvard’s arrogance and insularity will not prevail in the long term. At some point, they will fall.

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tastyface a day ago | parent | prev [-]

What, you think they’re going to stop here? They’re going to keep pushing and pushing and pushing — then revoke the visas anyway out of spite.

Don’t give an inch and litigate. That is the only path forward.

	▲	nielsbot a day ago \| parent [-]
		In other words: fascism will never be appeased.