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Trump can’t levy antisemitism fines against the University of California, judge rules

JL;DR SUMMARY A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to impose over $1 billion in fines on the University of California (UC) system for alleged failures in addressing antisemitism on campus, particularly in the wake of the October 2023 Hamas attacks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationProtestsFirst AmendmentFree SpeechTitle ViUclaCampus PoliticsUniversity Of CaliforniaJudge Ruling

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San Francisco, California, United States
"U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that federal investigators had failed to follow standard protocol for Title VI civil rights investigations."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Much of the Trump administrations case against UC involves UCLA, which in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks became a hotbed of campus conflicts over Israel."
New York, United States
"In a New York Times story this week about staffers who recently resigned or were fired from the Justice Department, a former lawyer in the Civil Rights Division, Ejaz Baluch, said his colleagues found that pro-Israel professors at UCLA were harassed and the schools complaint process was flawed."
Berkeley, California, United States
"Lins ruling also came amid a growing antisemitism controversy on another UC campus. UC Berkeley protesters last week chanted Zionists out and Free Palestine."
Ithaca, New York, United States
"A growing number of other universities, including, most recently, Cornell and the University of Virginia, have also signed deals with Trump to preserve federal funding and end antisemitism investigations."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"A growing number of other universities, including, most recently, Cornell and the University of Virginia, have also signed deals with Trump to preserve federal funding and end antisemitism investigations."

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