Attorneys for Harvard asked a federal judge Monday to prevent the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from the school. Hofstra University law professor James Sample explains.

Harvard University was back in court Monday for a major hearing in its funding fight case against the Trump administration, a key step in a battle over restoring more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House this spring.

Harvard University urged a federal judge on Monday to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in funding.

“Harvard can win in the courtroom but still lose almost everything it’s fought for,” said Allison Wu, the co-founder of the 1636 Forum, a Harvard alumni community named for the year the university was founded, who supports the university’s case.

Harvard's case against the administration's threats to cut billions in funding could have larger implications for the government's oversight of schools.

Attorneys for Harvard University appeared in federal court this week, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration. The cuts followed Harvard's rejection of demands from a federal antisemitism task force.

Hearings in cases over Trump's efforts to deport protesters and pull Harvard's federal funding were both held in a Boston courthouse on July 21.

La Universidad de Harvard compareció el lunes ante un tribunal federal en un caso crucial en su batalla con la administración de Trump, argumentando