On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or impose fines on the school system over allegations that it condones anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by labor unions and other groups representing University of California faculty, students and employees.
Messages sent to the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice were not immediately returned.
unions insist in a lawsuit The administration is using funding cuts and the threat of cuts to silence dissent at the University of California, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. President Donald Trump has accused elite universities of being overrun by liberalism and anti-Semitism.
The administration has launched investigations into dozens of universities for failing to stop using racial preferences in violation of civil rights laws. The Republican administration argues that its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion discriminates against white and Asian American students.
Beyond the summer. Accusing the University of California, Los Angeles of tolerating anti-Semitism on campus, it fined the university $1.2 billion and froze research funding. UCLA became the first public university to be targeted by the government for alleged civil rights violations.
Also, Freezing or suspending federal funds over similar allegations against private universities, including Columbia University.
University of California President James B. Milliken said the amount of UCLA’s fine would devastate the University of California system, considered one of the nation’s top public universities.
The University of California is in settlement talks with the administration and is not a party to the lawsuit before Lin, who was appointed to the court by Democratic President Joe Biden.
The administration is asking UCLA to adhere to its position on gender identity and establish a process to ensure it does not admit international students who may engage in anti-American, anti-Western or anti-Semitic “disruption or harassment,” among other requirements outlined in a settlement released in October.
The administration has previously signed deals with Brown University for $50 million and Columbia University for $221 million.
