[dayglored]

> If they university cannot cooperate with the Govt (in the Govt’s constitution duty to protect the country) the Govt should have the right to chose.

I don't like federal funding for education, and I like it even less when threatened withdrawal of same is used as coercion.

I don't think Columbia's action in inviting Ahmanutjob should be seen as undercutting the Govt's duty to protect the country. He was there in NYC anyway for the UN (that's a different discussion), and using Columbia as a soapbox, while offensive, is not truly threatening to America's security, per se.

I think it was wrong and stupid to give him a place to tear down America on our own soil.

And yeah, on reflection, this probably is more or less a bill of attander, being after-the-fact retribution without hearing or trial. I doubt it'll have any real effect -- this is one of those bills that Congresscritters love to tout in their pro-America credentials list, but not much else.

[Doug Loss]

I don't think it's actually a bill of attainder, unless you hold that Federal grants and contracts are Columbia's by right. It says that in view of Columbia's actions further Federal grants will be prohibited and no new contracts will be given to Columbia. This is definitely not the same as imposing a criminal punishment, or even a civil one. If Columbia is entitled to such grants and contracts, then it might be. But if these things are entitlements, we're really in a bad place socially.