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 appeared in federal court Monday, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration

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.

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

At issue is the freezing of federal funds and grants to Harvard, which the school says is an unconstitutional effort to control academic decisions. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.

The stakes for Harvard will be in focus on Monday, when a federal judge in Boston will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding