Campus Comstocks and the Constitution

Affirmative consent laws go far beyond the legal definitions of rape. Today, affirmative-consent laws in California and New York empower unaccountable sexual-misconduct panels on campuses, which can destroy students’ educations, with few procedural protections. Men wishing to avoid such charges face impossible demands: in mid-encounter, they must document step-by-step consent. If they don’t, they risk a swearing contest, with one party’s word against another’s and the accused subject to expulsion…Universities are not required to let accused students find legal representation—leaving an accused student with little ability to challenge a biased proceeding.

city-journal.org By Jay Weiser

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