Universities test the president’s powers
President Trump is trying to use executive orders and directives to reshape America. His position gives him power to take such measures, as many of them represent a “list of wishes” his ambition for America. However, he is now facing the opposite winds in the progress of its agenda, as the courts have developed legal road barriers, and often defies the constitutionality of his orders.
What Trump might discover is that although his election to the highest position in the nation gives him the authority to take such measures, the actual force is something that he should give to him.
Power is a good specific concept, while power is more accessible, and perhaps even fast. A good example of this is how universities were responding to the president’s threats to block federal financing. Harvard reprimanded the president to threaten more than two billion dollars of financing indicates that atonement for intimidation is unnecessary and unnecessary.
Trump’s attack on Harvard is like waking up a sleep giant. The university’s lawsuit against the administration clarifies the extent of their desire to decline. Many other universities also gather to support Harvard’s position, given that Harvard’s attack is an actual attack on all higher education. Such a unified position among higher education institutions is crucial to preserving their mission and roles in a free society.
Higher education in the United States is the jewel of the crown – not local but all over the world. This is why more than a million most talented international students in the United States every year to gain benefit from the higher education system in our nation, which contributes to the surplus of our services trade. Many choose to stay here after graduation, adding a great talent in human capital that feeds the nation’s economy.
Harvard’s position against Trump’s threats lights up brightly on how to not controversy in the president’s authority, but his actual strength is limited. This is why Trump’s call to remove Harvard’s non -profit situation will not go anywhere. If he had the power to do this, he would have already done so. Given that he lacks this power, Trump hopes to bully threats that persuade them to give up power. Harvard calls threats such as deception, which raises courage in every university you stand with now.
This does not mean that universities are organizations free from defects, and that Harvard certainly understands this. However, they are strongholds to create knowledge and economic development, providing opportunities that make our nation poorer and less safe.
The United States is a complex nation. No one person, not even the president, has all the answers to all questions. This is the reason that the quality of the people appointed by any president determines the benefits of the measures taken by the president, and the dowry of his policies, and over time, the comprehensive luxury of the nation. Trump’s options for some cabinet members speak loudly in this regard.
Harvard’s position is part of a continuous recovery against administration. When Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate, who were often silent in criticizing Trump’s actions, discovered that riding on the president’s disasters may threaten their authority, they will start away from themselves quietly. This migration will begin with a focus on the mid -term elections 2026, given that the President’s party has lost seats at home almost every mid -time since 1938, with 1998 and 2002 is the only exception.
Many Trump’s ideas have an advantage. Government efficiency, reduce national debt, federal budget and economy develop goals that everyone can support. However, its implementation lacks so far. What is indisputable is that the misuse of power ultimately weakens the authority of the individual. It takes a strong institution like Harvard University to teach the president this lesson.
Shieldon e. Jacobson, PhD, Professor of Computer Science at the Granger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Champin. He uses his experience in risk -based analyzes to address problems in public policy.
