UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump's university attacks
5 days ago
- #First Amendment
- #University Funding
- #Legal Ruling
- A US District Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the US government from cutting federal funding to UCLA and other UC system schools.
- The ruling responds to a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempts to force UCLA into agreements altering instruction and policy.
- The court found the administration's plan—using accusations of antisemitism to justify funding cuts and compel policy changes—violated legal procedures and First Amendment rights.
- Judge Rita Lin highlighted the administration's scripted campaign against universities, led by the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, targeting schools with anti-Israel protests.
- The decision provides a reprieve for the UC system and a legal pathway for universities to resist similar attacks on research and education.