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/Early-Possibility367 2d ago

Even if somebody’s pro Hamas, which probably less than 1% of the US is, they still have freedom of speech. If they hinge the case on pro Palestine vs pro Hamas, the DOJ will lose.

I think it’ll be about Jewish rights on campus. It’ll hinge on if UCLA acted appropriately with regards to if Jewish students were allowed to use the campus un-impeded. And if those who impeded them were dealt with appropriately. 

I think one twist is that many of those involved were not UCLA students, so in their case it’s either a criminal indictment or nothing, whereas with students there’s the in-between option of institutional action.  

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u/Beautiful_Finger4566 1d ago

being pro-Hamas might be protected by freedom of speech, but chanting "From the river to the sea" while attacking Jewish-American students is not

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u/movingtobay2019 1d ago

Freedom of speech is not unlimited. It still baffle means people can't grasp this simple fact.

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u/StrikingYam7724 1d ago

I'd encourage looking at some actual polling on that subject because you've wildly underestimated the number.