"A judge ordered federal agencies Friday to end their "blanket policy of denying any future grants" to the University of California, Los Angeles, and further ruled that the Trump administration can't seek payouts from any UC campus "in connection with any civil rights investigation" under Titles VI or IX of federal law. The ruling also prohibits the Department of Justice and federal funding agencies from withholding funds, "or threatening to do so, to coerce the UC in violation of the First Amendment or Tenth Amendment.""
"The administration's targeting of the UC system came to the fore on July 29. That's when the DOJ said its months-long investigations across the system had so far concluded that UCLA violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in its response to alleged antisemitism at a spring 2024 pro-Palestinian protest encampment."
"Federal agencies-including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and Department of Energy-quickly began freezing funding; UC estimated it lost $584 million. But UC researchers sued and, even before Friday's ruling, U.S. District Court judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California ordered the restoration of almost all of the frozen funding. Friday's ruling came in a case filed this fall by the American Association of University Professors, the affiliated American Federation of Teachers and other unions. Lin again was the judge."
Judge Rita F. Lin ordered agencies to end a blanket denial of future grants to UCLA and barred seeking payouts from any UC campus tied to Titles VI or IX. The order bars the DOJ and funding agencies from withholding or threatening funds to coerce the University in violation of the First or Tenth Amendments. The injunction halts demands including a $1.2 billion payment and policy concessions on foreign student enrollment and transgender care. The DOJ concluded UCLA violated equal protection and Title VI over its handling of alleged antisemitism at a spring 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment, prompting funding freezes estimated at $584 million.
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