r/moderatepolitics • u/awaythrowawaying • 2d ago

News Article US Justice Department sues UCLA alleging antisemitic educational environment

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-justice-department-sues-ucla-alleging-antisemitic-educational-environment-2026-05-26/
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u/oath2order Maximum Malarkey 2d ago

Yeah okay.

We'll see what happens. It is okay to be pro-Palestine. It is not okay to be pro-Hamas. This seems like an easy case, but as we've seen with this DOJ's inability to indict a sub sandwich, I have the feeling it will be bungled.

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u/lostroadrunner22 2d ago

I think having ‘Jewish Exclusion Zones’ is wrong. Call me crazy

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u/Interesting_Total_98 2d ago

Allegations from the DOJ shouldn't be assumed to be true.

It charged a woman for ramming an ICE vehicle, which sounds crazy too, but then it turned out that ICE is the one that rammed her vehicle.

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u/lostroadrunner22 2d ago

UCLA already admitted this. They paid 6 million dollars in settlement money

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u/Interesting_Total_98 2d ago edited 2d ago

From the article:

UCLA REJECTS ALLEGATIONS

Edit: The settlement is from last year, and no wrongdoing was admitted. If that alone means they're always guilty, then we should also say any accusation against Trump is accurate too.

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u/pinkycatcher 2d ago

The article has less value than the court case where they admitted many of these issues and don't dispute them.

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u/Interesting_Total_98 18h ago edited 13h ago

court case where they admitted

That never happened. The settlement excluded any admission. Paying money to end a more costly legal process is common and doesn't automatically prove guilt on its own.

Regardless, this is it's own case, and bringing up an old one isn't good enough to win.

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u/eddie_the_zombie 2d ago

Does that mean we can presume Trump guilty in every lawsuit he's ever settled, too?

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u/Big_TigerToes 1d ago

Yes have you not already been doing that?

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u/capecodcaper Liberty Lover 2d ago

This isn't any different than any other time

Police lie, agents lie. DOJ sometimes backs them. Happens under all the admins

I generally accept DoJ stuff but with a healthy dose of skepticism

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u/Interesting_Total_98 2d ago

The DOJ is far more aggressive and incompetent than before. The example I mentioned is particularly bad.

Another is trying to indict someone on a felony for throwing a sandwich at law enforcement. The grand jury reject it 3 times, which is embarrassing. The misdemeanor charge went to trial, but that failed too.

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u/lostroadrunner22 2d ago

This is more of the DoJ piling on. UCLA has already admitted guilt

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u/Interesting_Total_98 2d ago

From the article:

UCLA REJECTS ALLEGATIONS

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u/lostroadrunner22 2d ago

Which is why they paid millions. To say that. Lol.

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u/Interesting_Total_98 2d ago edited 2d ago

You conflated two different cases. You're talking about a settled case from last where no wrongdoing was admitted.

It's common to pay money to make a case go away because litigation can be most costly, regardless of guilt. Trump has done it, so you might as well say that any accusation against him is accurate as well.

This case is separate, so even if they were guilty last time, the DOJ still has to show proof.

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u/seacucumber3000 2d ago

You see you're honor, from the inertial reference frame of the ICE vehicle...