Government,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 17, 2025
UC labor and faculty groups sue Trump administration over funding threat
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration is unlawfully coercing the UC system to police speech and reshape its curriculum by threatening to withhold $17 billion in federal money.
In a sweeping complaint, University of California labor unions and faculty associations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and federal agencies and officials, alleging the administration is unlawfully using the threat of massive funding cuts to force the university to police campus speech and control the curriculum.
The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, is seeking a declaration that the Trump administration has exceeded its constitutional...
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