KANGAROO courts aren’t the solution for sexual assault
A private university has joined a former Virginia law student’s federal suit against the U.S. DoED. over the weak standard of evidence it requires colleges to use in sexual assault hearings. Doe and Oklahoma Wesleyan claim that the Office of Civil Rights violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires federal agencies to issue notice, hold meetings and seek public comment before adopting new rules. The suit also notes that universities are discouraged from allowing students to question or cross-examine each other during the campus hearings, a violation of defendants’ due-process rights… Under a federal agency’s misguided guidance, American colleges have established kangaroo courts where the innocent can be declared guilty in sham trials.
