Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Withholding Federal Funding to University of California

The plaintiffs said they welcomed the judge’s decision and denounced the administration’s actions.

Royce Hall on the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 22, 2025. Joyce Kuo/The Epoch Times

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Nov. 14 that blocked the Trump administration from cutting federal funding to the University of California over its handling of anti-semitism on campus.

The ruling followed a lawsuit filed on Sept. 16 by associations and labor unions representing employees across the university’s 10 campuses, who alleged the administration violated their First Amendment rights by cutting off funding to the university due to alleged discriminatory practices.