A group of faculty, staff, and students has sued the Trump administration. They say the government is using civil rights laws to attack the University of California system. This comes after UCLA was fined $1.2 billion and had its research funding frozen.
San Francisco, 17 Sep 2025
A group of faculty, staff, and students has sued the Trump administration. They say the government is using civil rights laws to attack the University of California system. This comes after UCLA was fined $1.2 billion and had its research funding frozen.
Lawsuit Claims Government Overreach
The lawsuit says the Trump administration is trying to limit academic freedom. It also says the government wants to control free speech at UC schools. The group filing the lawsuit includes every labor union that represents UC workers. They are worried about the governments demands. These demands include giving access to private data and ending some scholarships. The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco court.
UC System Faces Widespread Investigations
The University of California system is facing problems at all 10 of its schools. UC President James Milliken says the federal government has started investigations at every campus. He calls this one of the biggest threats to UC in its 157-year history. The UC system gets over $17 billion each year from the federal government. This money is for research, student aid, and healthcare programs. The Trump administration says it wants to fix problems at colleges it thinks are too liberal.
Federal cuts to research funding threaten lifesaving biomedical research, hamper US economic competitiveness and jeopardise the health of Americans who depend on the Universitys cutting-edge medical science and innovation.
The case will now move forward in the San Francisco federal court. Follow The Rising News for more verified updates.
Updated 17 Sep 2025, 12:55 IST; source: link
