• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    18 days ago

    Recently, the administration urged a group of nine universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, to sign a 10-point plan that would guarantee them certain funding advantages if the schools agreed to President Trump’s demands.

    So that is racketeering, is it not ?

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      It would be if SCOTUS hadn’t decreed that the POTUS is above the law while carrying out actions in an official capacity.

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      Cue Ted Cruz: “Nice university ya got here. Be a shame if something happened to it”