As with another recent ruling, which prohibited the administration from going after the law firm Perkins Coie for activities the administration does not favor, the administration’s newest attack on Harvard is based on the university’s apparent “anti-American” values.

Harvard University has sued the Trump administration for the second time in less than a month after the Department of Homeland Security revoked the Ivy League school’s certification to admit foreign students — a significant escalation in their ongoing battle.

The larger legal battle between Harvard and the Trump administration could raise questions of retaliation versus executive authority.

Students speak out while Harvard University faces scrutiny from President Trump over admissions and antisemitism, with funding cuts and a lawsuit highlighting issues of elitism.

The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to try to get Harvard University to cave to its demands.   After the Ivy League university said it would not change its hiring and admissions

Harvard is the first school to sue the administration after a back-and-forth between President Alan Garber and most of Trump's team.

While executive orders against firms haven’t totally deterred firms in the Am Law 50 from suing the administration, their timing has coincided with a decline in suits filed by large firms oriented toward transactions.