"Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith," U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in a 16-page preliminary injunction. "This fact is so unimaginable and abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom that it bears repeating," he added, repeating the previous statement with emphasis.
Scarsi’s ruling is the first of its kind against a university pertaining to anti-Israel protests. The judge ordered the school to ensure its Jewish students had equal access to campus by Thursday. He also said school officials and campus security teams "are not to aid or participate in any obstruction of access for Jewish students to ordinarily available programs, activities, and campus areas."
The judge also denied UCLA’s request to stay the permanent injunction.