US EditionJudge dismisses Columbia University faculty lawsuit over Trump funding cuts, demands
- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Trump administration by Columbia University faculty unions over funding cuts and demands for changes in student discipline and department oversight, stating they lacked legal standing to sue.
- U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ruled that Columbia was not involved in the case and made her decision 12 days after the Department of Education threatened to revoke the university's accreditation.
- Judge Vyskocil emphasized that the democratic process would falter if judges granted relief to every objection against executive action.
- Todd Wolfson, president of the professors’ union, claimed that the Trump administration's actions at Columbia University are part of an authoritarian agenda affecting broader higher education.
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Judge dismisses Columbia University faculty lawsuit over Trump funding cuts, demands
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Trump administration by two labor unions for Columbia University faculty that challenged funding cuts and demands to overhaul student discipline and boost oversight for a Middle Eastern studies department.
Lawsuit filed by Columbia University over Trump funding cuts has been dismissed
A lawsuit filed by Columbia University over Trump administration funding cuts has been dismissed. The lawsuit was brought by two labor unions, the American Association of University […]
Columbia faculty lawsuit over Trump administration funding cuts dismissed
A judge ruled on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Columbia University’s faculty, represented by two labor unions, over the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the university. The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers lack legal standing to sue, U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil determined. “Conspicuously, Columbia,…
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