[sparker72678]

I can't see any way this holds up in court. What am I missing?

[detaro]

Turning it around, what's the obvious challenge that will be guaranteed to work in court in your opinion?

[twoodfin]

Freedom of association is in the First Amendment with the other biggies.

If I have a list of people who want to spend $500 to join my weekly poker night club, it’s my Constitutional right to choose whom to let in, assuming I’m not discriminating in a way that has 14th Amendment problems.

[Molitor5901]

It's a private university.

[WillPostForFood]

What you are missing is they didn't actually ban it. It is a name and shame law.

[sparker72678]

That's it! Thank you!

Found the text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.x...

[htrp]

research grants and preferential tax status I'm assuming are the carrots/sticks here

[UniverseHacker]

pretty much all research grants are federal, so the state has no real leverage there