UCLA threatens conservative students, proving ‘woke’ is not dead

Published May 1, 2026 1:44pm ET



The University of California at Los Angeles got caught threatening to punish conservative students after its event was disrupted by liberal agitators. UCLA has since walked that threat back, but it is proof that universities will not let their woke politics die easily.

The UCLA Federalist Society chapter held an event with Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival, which was disrupted by liberal agitators. Those agitators swarmed the event, screamed and hurled profanities, and prevented others who wanted to participate from enjoying the event. The dean of UCLA’s School of Law issued a generic statement about the importance of debate and said the university would be “reviewing all policies” regarding public events.

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