Judge Blocks Trump From Immediately Cutting Funding To The University Of California
Source: Huff Post/AP
Nov 14, 2025, 08:24 PM EST
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students and employees. Messages sent to the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice were not immediately returned.
The unions argue in a lawsuit that the administration is using funding cuts, and the threat of cuts, to silence opposing viewpoints at UC in violation of the Constitution and federal law. President Donald Trump has decried elite colleges as overrun by liberalism and antisemitism.
His administration has launched investigations of dozens of universities, claiming they have failed to end the use of racial preferences in violation of civil rights law. The Republican administration says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts discriminate against white and Asian American students.
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Link to ORDER (PDF viewer) - https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71360200/90/american-association-of-university-professors-v-trump/
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
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Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration cannot fine the University of California or summarily cut the school system's federal funding over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled late Friday in a sharply worded decision.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction barring the administration from cancelling funding to UC based on alleged discrimination without giving notice to affected faculty and conducting a hearing, among other requirements.
The administration over the summer demanded the University of California, Los Angeles pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. UCLA was the first public university to be targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations.
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In her ruling, Lin said labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students and employees had provided "overwhelming evidence" that the Trump administration was "engaged in a concerted campaign to purge 'woke,' 'left,' and 'socialist' viewpoints from our country's leading universities."
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609876/uc-university-california-discrimination-fine-ruling