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3 weeks ago | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
The adage “let the punishment fit the crime,” articulated by the Roman philosopher Cicero some 2,060 years ago, reflects a principle fundamental to every modern legal system. The notion of reciprocal justice — “an eye for an eye” and not “two eyes for an eye” — also appears in the Code of Hammurabi and the Book of Exodus.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
The adage “let the punishment fit the crime,” articulated by the Roman philosopher Cicero some 2,060 years ago, reflects a principle fundamental to every modern legal system. The notion of reciprocal justice — “an eye for an eye” and not “two eyes for an eye” — also appears in the Code of Hammurabi and the Book of Exodus.
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1 month ago | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
In one of his first executive orders, President Trump declared that, following the Oct.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
In one of his first executive orders, President Trump declared that, following the Oct.
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2 months ago | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
Attacks on higher education are occurring almost daily. The Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars in federal research funding at elite universities, deported international students with little or no due process, questioned the tax-exempt status of Harvard and accused dozens of institutions of tolerating antisemitism, among other aggressive actions.
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2 months ago | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
It has long been an article of faith among conservatives that the private sector, through competition and market discipline, delivers better, cheaper and more efficient products and services than government can. In the second Trump administration, this neoliberal economic and political philosophy is a lodestar. Project 2025, a blueprint crafted for the administration by the Heritage Foundation, recommends making Medicare’s private insurer-run plans the default option.
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2 months ago | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
On March 25, masked plainclothes federal agents surrounded, seized and handcuffed a Turkish doctoral student named Rumeysa Ozturk near her home outside Boston. Ozturk, who is enrolled at Tufts University on a valid student visa, was bundled into an unmarked car and shipped to an immigration detention center in Louisiana.
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Mar 23, 2025 | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
Until recently, most Americans considered college a good investment. But only 22 percent now believe a four-year degree is worth pursuing if it requires taking out loans. Given a choice of five alternatives, ranging from trade school to apprenticeships to military service, large majorities think each is “about the same as or better than a bachelor’s degree in trying to achieve a successful livelihood,” in the words of education reporter Eric Kelderman.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
“Sentence first — verdict afterward.” So cries the Queen of Hearts during the trial of the Knave of Hearts in “Alice in Wonderland.”“Stuff and nonsense!” Alice says. “The idea of having the sentence first!”Alice seems to believe in due process. The Trump administration, judging by its decision to cancel $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University without a hearing, does not.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman
Since he took office, President Trump and his administration have fired thousands of government employees, frozen government spending, eliminated foreign aid and slashed funding for renewable energy. Alas, Trump and his Republican allies may not pay the full political price for their actions because the disastrous effect of many of their deeds will not be felt for some time. Nowhere is this more apparent than in higher education.
