![Defendants are ENJOINED and/or STAYED from conditioning the grant or
continuance of federal funding on the UC's agreement to any measures that would violate the rights of Plaintiffs' members under the First Amendment.
5. The "suspensions" (or terminations) of National Science Foundation (NSF), National
Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Energy (DOE) research grants to UCLA researchers that took place on or around July 30, 2025, and the associated blanket policy of denying any future grants to UCLA, are hereby VACATED and set aside and/or STAYED, and Defendants are ENJOINED and/or STAYED from implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving any force or effect to them. Any future terminations of federal funding by Defendants meeting the above criteria are ENJOINED, VACATED, and/or STAYED upon issuance.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 14, 2025
[Rita Lin’s signature]
The Honorable Rita F. Lin
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Two countries, one observatory 🌎🔭
Mechanical Engineer Margaux Lopez started at SLAC in California and moved to Chile in 2019 to help build the NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Learn about the challenges and curiosity that drive her work!
🎥 Meet Margaux https://youtu.be/Lk8bgNQtcEo
Mechanical Engineer Margaux Lopez started at SLAC in California and moved to Chile in 2019 to help build the NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Learn about the challenges and curiosity that drive her work!
🎥 Meet Margaux https://youtu.be/Lk8bgNQtcEo
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Two countries, one observatory 🌎🔭
Mechanical Engineer Margaux Lopez started at SLAC in California and moved to Chile in 2019 to help build the NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Learn about the challenges and curiosity that drive her work!
🎥 Meet Margaux https://youtu.be/Lk8bgNQtcEo
Mechanical Engineer Margaux Lopez started at SLAC in California and moved to Chile in 2019 to help build the NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪
Learn about the challenges and curiosity that drive her work!
🎥 Meet Margaux https://youtu.be/Lk8bgNQtcEo
A spectacular view of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae!
The Trifid Nebula dazzles with colour and its signature threefold shape. Below, the Lagoon Nebula shines as new stars light up clouds of gas.
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
The Trifid Nebula dazzles with colour and its signature threefold shape. Below, the Lagoon Nebula shines as new stars light up clouds of gas.
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A spectacular view of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae!
The Trifid Nebula dazzles with colour and its signature threefold shape. Below, the Lagoon Nebula shines as new stars light up clouds of gas.
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
The Trifid Nebula dazzles with colour and its signature threefold shape. Below, the Lagoon Nebula shines as new stars light up clouds of gas.
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
The current captured SCOTUS is just one of the CNP’s success stories. The destruction of the DOE, the FDA, the CDC, NSF, USAID, etc. etc. is another. When Trump goes, the CNP will remain unless people are aware of its power. www.badfaithdocumentary.com
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith exposes Christian Nationalism, the most powerful anti-democratic force in America. Streaming on AppleTv+ and Google Play beginning April 26. Available for preorder now.
www.badfaithdocumentary.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The current captured SCOTUS is just one of the CNP’s success stories. The destruction of the DOE, the FDA, the CDC, NSF, USAID, etc. etc. is another. When Trump goes, the CNP will remain unless people are aware of its power. www.badfaithdocumentary.com
Today isn't just #Halloween🎃, it's also #DarkMatterDay!
Dark matter interacts via gravity, so while we can’t see it directly, we know it’s there.
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's 10-year survey will measure distortions in billions of galaxies, revealing where dark matter is hiding.🔭🧪
Dark matter interacts via gravity, so while we can’t see it directly, we know it’s there.
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's 10-year survey will measure distortions in billions of galaxies, revealing where dark matter is hiding.🔭🧪
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today isn't just #Halloween🎃, it's also #DarkMatterDay!
Dark matter interacts via gravity, so while we can’t see it directly, we know it’s there.
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's 10-year survey will measure distortions in billions of galaxies, revealing where dark matter is hiding.🔭🧪
Dark matter interacts via gravity, so while we can’t see it directly, we know it’s there.
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's 10-year survey will measure distortions in billions of galaxies, revealing where dark matter is hiding.🔭🧪
A decade of discovery and dedication! 🌎🔭
Sandrine Thomas, Deputy Director for NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Construction, reflects on her path — moving from France to the US, traveling to Chile, and sharing her work with her family.
🎥 Meet Sandrine https://youtu.be/_r-e0kzYjf4
Sandrine Thomas, Deputy Director for NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Construction, reflects on her path — moving from France to the US, traveling to Chile, and sharing her work with her family.
🎥 Meet Sandrine https://youtu.be/_r-e0kzYjf4
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A decade of discovery and dedication! 🌎🔭
Sandrine Thomas, Deputy Director for NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Construction, reflects on her path — moving from France to the US, traveling to Chile, and sharing her work with her family.
🎥 Meet Sandrine https://youtu.be/_r-e0kzYjf4
Sandrine Thomas, Deputy Director for NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Construction, reflects on her path — moving from France to the US, traveling to Chile, and sharing her work with her family.
🎥 Meet Sandrine https://youtu.be/_r-e0kzYjf4
NOIRLab image of the week
A Lunar Delight Deep in the Desert
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
A Lunar Delight Deep in the Desert
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NOIRLab image of the week
A Lunar Delight Deep in the Desert
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
A Lunar Delight Deep in the Desert
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
And philanthropy doesn’t have the scale or drive to replace NIH either. See HHMI and ACS, together under 7% of the NIH budget. Never mind NSF, DOE, DARPA, DOD cancer programs, etc.
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And philanthropy doesn’t have the scale or drive to replace NIH either. See HHMI and ACS, together under 7% of the NIH budget. Never mind NSF, DOE, DARPA, DOD cancer programs, etc.
Hubble image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.
Gravitational interactions created the spiral galaxy's unusual shape and a bridge of gas and stars that connects the galaxy pair.
Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, SDSS
Source
Gravitational interactions created the spiral galaxy's unusual shape and a bridge of gas and stars that connects the galaxy pair.
Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, SDSS
Source
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hubble image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.
Gravitational interactions created the spiral galaxy's unusual shape and a bridge of gas and stars that connects the galaxy pair.
Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, SDSS
Source
Gravitational interactions created the spiral galaxy's unusual shape and a bridge of gas and stars that connects the galaxy pair.
Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, SDSS
Source
Rubin Observatory and the Galaxies
Starting in late 2025, when it begins the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin will capture skies like these in more detail than ever before.
Credit: @vrubinobs.bsky.social / P.J. Assuncao Lago
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
Starting in late 2025, when it begins the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin will capture skies like these in more detail than ever before.
Credit: @vrubinobs.bsky.social / P.J. Assuncao Lago
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Rubin Observatory and the Galaxies
Starting in late 2025, when it begins the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin will capture skies like these in more detail than ever before.
Credit: @vrubinobs.bsky.social / P.J. Assuncao Lago
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
Starting in late 2025, when it begins the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin will capture skies like these in more detail than ever before.
Credit: @vrubinobs.bsky.social / P.J. Assuncao Lago
noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭
Fast, precise, unstoppable! ⚡🔭
Freddy Muñoz, who leads NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mechanical team on the summit, discusses how the speed of Rubin's Simonyi Survey Telescope will let us capture more objects in the Universe than ever before. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Freddy https://youtu.be/Vg7ZgU4y-dg
Freddy Muñoz, who leads NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mechanical team on the summit, discusses how the speed of Rubin's Simonyi Survey Telescope will let us capture more objects in the Universe than ever before. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Freddy https://youtu.be/Vg7ZgU4y-dg
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fast, precise, unstoppable! ⚡🔭
Freddy Muñoz, who leads NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mechanical team on the summit, discusses how the speed of Rubin's Simonyi Survey Telescope will let us capture more objects in the Universe than ever before. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Freddy https://youtu.be/Vg7ZgU4y-dg
Freddy Muñoz, who leads NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mechanical team on the summit, discusses how the speed of Rubin's Simonyi Survey Telescope will let us capture more objects in the Universe than ever before. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Freddy https://youtu.be/Vg7ZgU4y-dg
NOIRLab image of the week
A Cluster of Interacting Galaxies (Abell 3754)
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari, M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
A Cluster of Interacting Galaxies (Abell 3754)
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari, M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NOIRLab image of the week
A Cluster of Interacting Galaxies (Abell 3754)
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari, M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
A Cluster of Interacting Galaxies (Abell 3754)
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari, M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
Spectacular: A ''Cosmic Treasure Chest''
Almost every light you see here is an entire galaxy of its own!
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
Almost every light you see here is an entire galaxy of its own!
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Spectacular: A ''Cosmic Treasure Chest''
Almost every light you see here is an entire galaxy of its own!
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
Almost every light you see here is an entire galaxy of its own!
(Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
今年4月にファーストライトを迎えたベラ・C・ルービン天文台の頭上に、大マゼラン銀河や天の川などが輝いています。ルービン天文台は南米チリ、セロ・パチョンにあります。
NOIRLab（アメリカ光学・赤外天文学研究所）から10月15日に公開された「Images of the Week」
astropics.bookbright.co.jp/rubins-giant...
Image Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
NOIRLab（アメリカ光学・赤外天文学研究所）から10月15日に公開された「Images of the Week」
astropics.bookbright.co.jp/rubins-giant...
Image Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
今年4月にファーストライトを迎えたベラ・C・ルービン天文台の頭上に、大マゼラン銀河や天の川などが輝いています。ルービン天文台は南米チリ、セロ・パチョンにあります。
NOIRLab（アメリカ光学・赤外天文学研究所）から10月15日に公開された「Images of the Week」
astropics.bookbright.co.jp/rubins-giant...
Image Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
NOIRLab（アメリカ光学・赤外天文学研究所）から10月15日に公開された「Images of the Week」
astropics.bookbright.co.jp/rubins-giant...
Image Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Eye on the southern sky 🌌
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is like a cosmic watchtower, capturing the entire visible sky every few nights.
Before, scientists would spend their careers looking for supernovae. But Rubin will accomplish in minutes or hours what used to take a lifetime! 🔭🧪
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is like a cosmic watchtower, capturing the entire visible sky every few nights.
Before, scientists would spend their careers looking for supernovae. But Rubin will accomplish in minutes or hours what used to take a lifetime! 🔭🧪
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Eye on the southern sky 🌌
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is like a cosmic watchtower, capturing the entire visible sky every few nights.
Before, scientists would spend their careers looking for supernovae. But Rubin will accomplish in minutes or hours what used to take a lifetime! 🔭🧪
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is like a cosmic watchtower, capturing the entire visible sky every few nights.
Before, scientists would spend their careers looking for supernovae. But Rubin will accomplish in minutes or hours what used to take a lifetime! 🔭🧪
La Voie lactée et notre galaxie voisine du grand nuage de Magellan au Chili au-dessus du télescope Vera Rubin, qui sonde l'Univers pour nous en rapporter les secrets.
©RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
©RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
La Voie lactée et notre galaxie voisine du grand nuage de Magellan au Chili au-dessus du télescope Vera Rubin, qui sonde l'Univers pour nous en rapporter les secrets.
©RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
©RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
Designing how Rubin decides what to observe and when🔭
Meet Tiago Ribeiro, Scheduler Scientist and Software Architect at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory.
In this video, he shares his path from professor in Brazil to shaping large-scale projects like Rubin.
🎥 https://youtu.be/EnxGm5MtXjE
Meet Tiago Ribeiro, Scheduler Scientist and Software Architect at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory.
In this video, he shares his path from professor in Brazil to shaping large-scale projects like Rubin.
🎥 https://youtu.be/EnxGm5MtXjE
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Designing how Rubin decides what to observe and when🔭
Meet Tiago Ribeiro, Scheduler Scientist and Software Architect at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory.
In this video, he shares his path from professor in Brazil to shaping large-scale projects like Rubin.
🎥 https://youtu.be/EnxGm5MtXjE
Meet Tiago Ribeiro, Scheduler Scientist and Software Architect at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory.
In this video, he shares his path from professor in Brazil to shaping large-scale projects like Rubin.
🎥 https://youtu.be/EnxGm5MtXjE
NOIRLab image of the week
Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NOIRLab image of the week
Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/image...
"'under the guidelines established by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). DOE and NSF continue to enhance their existing partnership in advancing HEP research and work together to support the ongoing U.S. leadership in this forefront research.'
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"'under the guidelines established by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). DOE and NSF continue to enhance their existing partnership in advancing HEP research and work together to support the ongoing U.S. leadership in this forefront research.'
"'Since Oct. 2000, the Panel now has joint ownership and continues to be chartered by the Deptment of Energy (DOE) and reports directly to the Associate Director, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science (DOE), and the Assistant Director, Mathematical & Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF),
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"'Since Oct. 2000, the Panel now has joint ownership and continues to be chartered by the Deptment of Energy (DOE) and reports directly to the Associate Director, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science (DOE), and the Assistant Director, Mathematical & Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF),
"Over the years, HEPAP and its subpanels have convened experts from the scientific community to help determine the strategic directions for the field. DOE Office of Science and the NSF have also collaborated with DPF in mounting a series of in-depth “Snowmass” studies starting in 1982.
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Over the years, HEPAP and its subpanels have convened experts from the scientific community to help determine the strategic directions for the field. DOE Office of Science and the NSF have also collaborated with DPF in mounting a series of in-depth “Snowmass” studies starting in 1982.
A spectacular view of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory standing proudly on Cerro Pachón in Chile.
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A spectacular view of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory standing proudly on Cerro Pachón in Chile.
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Spectacular! A trail of celestial objects spans this view of the Virgo Cluster.
Dominating the scene is NGC 4261, a massive elliptical galaxy in the upper half of the image. In the lower left sits the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
Dominating the scene is NGC 4261, a massive elliptical galaxy in the upper half of the image. In the lower left sits the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Spectacular! A trail of celestial objects spans this view of the Virgo Cluster.
Dominating the scene is NGC 4261, a massive elliptical galaxy in the upper half of the image. In the lower left sits the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
Dominating the scene is NGC 4261, a massive elliptical galaxy in the upper half of the image. In the lower left sits the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
A stunning close-up of star cluster NGC 6544! This tightly packed globular cluster is home to tens of thousands of stars.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A stunning close-up of star cluster NGC 6544! This tightly packed globular cluster is home to tens of thousands of stars.
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)
50+ years supporting astronomy in Chile 🌌🇨🇱
Hernán Bustos Binvignat, recently-retired Deputy Director at AURA in Chile — the organization that manages NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory — reflects on a career dedicated to world-class astronomy. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Hernán https://youtu.be/AoXYTPHsQwE
Hernán Bustos Binvignat, recently-retired Deputy Director at AURA in Chile — the organization that manages NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory — reflects on a career dedicated to world-class astronomy. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Hernán https://youtu.be/AoXYTPHsQwE
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
50+ years supporting astronomy in Chile 🌌🇨🇱
Hernán Bustos Binvignat, recently-retired Deputy Director at AURA in Chile — the organization that manages NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory — reflects on a career dedicated to world-class astronomy. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Hernán https://youtu.be/AoXYTPHsQwE
Hernán Bustos Binvignat, recently-retired Deputy Director at AURA in Chile — the organization that manages NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory — reflects on a career dedicated to world-class astronomy. 🔭🧪
🎥 Meet Hernán https://youtu.be/AoXYTPHsQwE