{"product_id":"trump-to-harvard-go-fund-yourself-harvard-to-trump-lets-make-a-deal-9781510785809","title":"Trump to Harvard: Go Fund Yourself!: Harvard to Trump: Let's Make a Deal!","description":"President Donald Trump has declared war against elite American universities, such as Harvard, and has threatened to cut off federal funding, end tax exemptions, and limit foreign student visas. Harvard has filed lawsuits and threatened additional legal action. The nation is deeply divided over this conflict. How should Americans who care deeply about universities, about antisemitism, and about the proper role of government respond to this dangerous rift? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alan Dershowitz poses four basic questions about the decision whether to defund or otherwise punish universities that discriminate against--or apply a double standard to--Jews as victims of discrimination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs it ever permissible, as a matter of policy and academic freedom, to weaponize governmental funding of universities in an effort to influence their policies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs it constitutional or otherwise legal to cut off governmental funding based on the content of university speech or policies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs the Trump administration justified in defunding universities such as Harvard and Columbia for their failures to deal effectively with growing antisemitism on their campuses?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan the government deny student (or faculty) visas to individuals who advocate or promote antisemitism or other actions that violate American policies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the reforms Dershowitz advocates are a return to meritocratic admissions and hiring; a return to rigorous blind grading; the end of the non-meritocratic diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracies; the application of a single standard of free speech, academic freedom, and discipline; and the end of ethnic, gender, regional, religious, sexual preference, and other identity-based departments, studies, programs, and other advocacy centers that have become incubators for anti-Jewish bigotry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Dershowitz \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most celebrated lawyers in the world. He was the youngest full professor in Harvard Law School history, where he is now the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus. The author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003ePalestinianism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar Against the Jews, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGet Trump;\u003c\/i\u003e and of numerous bestselling books, from \u003ci\u003eChutzpah\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGuilt by Accusation\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Case Against Impeaching Trump\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e Reversal of Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e (which was made into an Academy Award-winning film) to \u003ci\u003eDefending Israel\u003c\/i\u003e, Dershowitz has advised presidents and prime ministers and has represented many prominent men and women, half of them pro bono. Philosophically, he considers himself a constitutional libertarian, a meritocratic egalitarian, and a constructive contrarian.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763999473938,"sku":"9781510785809","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b79a9ac-d1e2-4876-ae1a-bd5b78b39e8b.jpg?v=1764749191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trump-to-harvard-go-fund-yourself-harvard-to-trump-lets-make-a-deal-9781510785809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}