New Lawsuit Challenges Budget Bill’s Changes to Indiana University’s Board of Trustees
- Indiana Governor Mike Braun removed three Indiana University alumni-elected trustees and replaced two with his own appointees in June 2025.
- This action followed a last-minute state budget provision granting Braun unilateral authority to appoint all nine IU board members, ending alumni elections.
- Braun appointed conservative figures Jim Bopp and Sage Steele, sparking criticism over potential threats to academic freedom and board politicization.
- House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta condemned the removals as broken promises and warned they could harm Indiana's public university culture and reputation.
- The changes coincided with state budget cuts and an ongoing ACLU lawsuit challenging the governor's expanded trustee appointment power.
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Indiana gov dumps three IU trustees, replaces them with conservatives
Braun is exercising new power granted through a late change to the state budget which allows him to remove alumni-elected trustees.(Tyler Lake / WFIU )Gov. Mike Braun on Monday removed all three IU trustees elected by alumni and replaced two of them with polarizing and well-known conservatives Jim Bopp and Sage Steele.Bopp, an attorney, is best known for representing Citizens United in what became a Supreme Court case that eliminated limits on c…
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