Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose Trump’s vindictive attack on UCLA, where the administration tried to punish the university by cutting $400+ million in life-saving research funding over pro-Palestinian campus protests. They break down how federal judge Rita F. Lin in the Northern District of California twice blocked Trump’s illegal moves—first when the administration terminated grants “en masse,” then when they tried to get cute by calling it a “suspension” instead. The hosts reveal how this funding supports 800 critical programs including cancer research, mobile stroke units, pediatric training, and infectious disease research that directly save lives. They explain how Trump’s real motivations include his war on California, his disdain for intellectuals who vote against him, and his systematic targeting of universities over DEI policies and campus speech. A powerful analysis of how courts serve as the last line of defense against authoritarian overreach that would destroy scientific progress to settle political scores.