The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration on Friday to end its ongoing review of the University’s federal funding, alleging the review was coercive and unlawfully undermined academic freedom.

The complaint argued that the review was illegally “exploiting” Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in federally funded institutions, to silence dissent on campus by putting more than $255 million in federal contracts and more than $8 billion in multi-year grants under review.