The administration had earlier demanded that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funds after accusing the campus of allowing antisemitism. The UCLA was the first public university targeted under these investigations. Federal funding has also been frozen or paused at private universities, including Columbia. In her ruling, Lin said unions and other groups representing UC students, staff and faculty provided evidence that the administration was trying to pressure universities over their views. She wrote that officials, including the President and Vice President, had “publicly announced a playbook” of opening civil rights investigations...