> Universities should be autonomous. Absolutely. How do you make it so? You secure funds for them. Universities aren't independent when they have to seek fu

> Universities should be autonomous. Absolutely. How do you make it so? You secure funds for them. Universities aren't independent when they have to seek funding from various special interests. Similarly, judges are independent because their income doesn't depend on their decisions. That income allows them to refuse "gifts" from either the plaintiff or the defendant.