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New Lawsuit Challenges Budget Bill’s Changes to Indiana University’s Board of Trustees
- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun removed three alumni-elected IU trustees and replaced them with his own appointees on June 2, 2025.
- This followed a last-minute budget provision giving Braun authority to appoint all IU trustees, ending alumni elections despite terms ending in 2025-2027.
- Braun appointed conservative figures including attorney Jim Bopp and broadcaster Sage Steele amid concerns about impacts on academic freedom and board dynamics.
- Braun defended the move by citing low alumni voter turnout and the large number of applicants, saying it should be a place where all views are heard.
- The decision triggered criticism from IU faculty and lawmakers and led the ACLU of Indiana to file a lawsuit challenging the trustee law change.
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Indiana gov dumps three IU trustees, replaces them with conservatives
Braun is exercising new power granted through a late change to the state budget which allows him to remove alumni-elected trustees.(Tyler Lake / WFIU )Gov. Mike Braun on Monday removed all three IU trustees elected by alumni and replaced two of them with polarizing and well-known conservatives Jim Bopp and Sage Steele.Bopp, an attorney, is best known for representing Citizens United in what became a Supreme Court case that eliminated limits on c…
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