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BETSY DeVOS TALKS: “It’s Time We Balance The Scales of Justice in Our Schools”
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post. Here are some highlights from her article. Last week, the Education Department released for public comment a proposed regulation regarding Title IX implementation. The rule would require schools to address sexual misconduct by assisting and protecting victims of sexual misconduct while affording due-process protections to those accused… […]
BIG HUGE WIN for Male. CA Supreme Court Upholds Cross-Examination. Court Denies Claremont McKenna’s Request for Review.
The California Supreme Court has ruled against the Los Angeles private college Claremont McKenna by upholding the unanimous female ruling by California Court of Appeals in favor of John Doe. On 8/8/18 the CA Court of Appeals found that Claremont McKenna College’s process was devoid of any opportunity to evaluate the credibility of the accuser who […]
STANFORD CAUGHT With it’s Pants Down: TitleIX Procedures Point to Discrepancies Between Statements & Practices
As college sexual assault policies draw increased scrutiny amid ongoing federal changes, documents reviewed by The Daily suggest that Stanford has publicly misrepresented aspects of its own Title IX practices. Bob Ottilie ’77, a lawyer who has advised accused students in Title IX cases at Stanford showed The Daily correspondence with Title IX staff. For Ottilie, the […]
CYNTHIA GARRETT w FACE Supports New TIX Rules on NPR. “A Serious Serious Mental Trauma for People who are Falsely Accused.”
NPR’s Lakshmi Singh speaks with Cynthia Garrett, the co-president of Families Advocating for Campus Equality, who supports recently proposed changes to Title IX rules. SINGH: In proposing a change to Title IX that would allow a defendant, for example, to cross-examine his or her accuser, we know that concerns have often been raised that this […]
HOW ‘MeToo’ Student Communists @UTexas-Austin Got a Respected Professor to Commit Suicide
The University of Texas-Austin pharmacology professor Richard A. Morrisett’s career, was destroyed by a single newspaper article. Before Morrisett killed himself, the 57-year-old tenured professor of pharmacology and toxicology was once a rising star. His research offered new insights into alcohol-related brain disorders and alcoholism – an arcane area of research among neuroscientists. But the Austin American-Statesman, wrote […]
SETTLEMENT Reached in Lawsuit Against Clark University. Falsely Accused John Doe Was Victim of a Prejudicial ‘Female-Centric Environment’
In 2015 two young college students ‘John Doe & Sue Smith’ became friendly and established an ongoing romantic relationship, resulting in a consenting encounter, which is supported by their text messages. But ‘Sue’ became upset with ‘John’ for not spending enough time with her (SOS recommends guys date an emotionally independent gal.) Sue broke off their […]
GREAT SUMMARY: Dept. of Education New Proposed Title IX Regulations
The US Dept. of Education released its new proposed Title IX regulations addressing Title IX sexual harassment/assault. sexual assault. The proposed regulations, which effectively replace the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, focus on defining sexual harassment under Title IX; outlining those triggers that legally obligate a school to respond to allegations or incidences of sexual harassment; […]
NEW TITLE IX Proposal Would Restore Fairness in Sexual-Misconduct Cases
Thank God for Betsy DeVos. With the release on Friday of the proposed new rules for adjudicating campus sexual-misconduct cases, the education secretary has taken an important step toward restoring common sense and sanity in how these cases are handled. My firm has represented more than 100 students and professors at more than 80 institutions across […]
EQUAL RIGHTS For College Males. DoED Investigates TIX Claims Against Women’s Programs
At home in Turkey, Kursat Pekgoz considered himself a feminist. In the world of American higher education, where he is now pursuing a doctorate in English literature, the 30-year-old activist says it is men who are being treated unfairly. Arguing that campus resource groups for women and women’s studies programs amount to discrimination against men, Pekgoz […]
MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE Shows Obama’s DoED Approach to Campus Sex Assault was ‘Widely Criticized’ & ‘Failing’
Since 2011 approximately 117 federal courts, as well as a number of state courts, have raised concerns about the lack of meaningful procedural protections in campus adjudications. A number of those judges have put their concerns in particularly clear terms… In Oct. 2018 Six Democratic senators wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to ask her to […]
EDUCATION Dept. Proposes Enhanced Protection For Students Accused Of Sexual Assault
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced sweeping rules on how colleges handle cases of sexual assault and harassment that she says will fix a “failed” and “shameful” system that has been unfair to accused students. In what the administration is calling a “historic process,” the proposed rules aim to significantly enhance legal protections for the accused. Under the new […]
BELIEVE the Survivor? Here’s 11 Times Black Male Students Were Railroaded by Their College
According to the Center for Prosecutor Integrity, a nonprofit group that fights the “over-criminalization” of sex-related activities, there are “parallels between the treatment of Black men accused of rape during the infamous Jim Crow period and the adjudication of sexual assault cases in the current era. The Obama administration in 2011 told universities to implement judicial […]
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Save Our Sons Exclusives
The accused can be confused about their innocence, too
Recently I met the founder of this website, Alice True, and over dinner and drinks I talked with her a little about my private struggle around Title IX issues. She told me about Save Our Sons, and asked me whether I would write a piece about my situation. I agreed to do so, though I […]
Students accused of sexual assault speak about their own trauma
“At first I thought they didn’t want me to participate in campus activities. Then I thought they didn’t want me to graduate,” he said. “Now they don’t want me to have a job or be part of society. Do they want me to commit suicide? Is that what they want me to do? What is […]
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VICTIM CENTERED: Death of Due Process
Due process is a bedrock concept in our nation’s legal system. The words “due process” appear twice in the Constitution — in the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments. Both Amendments guarantee due process when someone is denied “life, liberty, or property. Innocent males are being falsely accused at record numbers. At the heart of the problem is a […]
PREPARED REMARKS by Secretary DeVos at the Independent Women’s Forum Annual Awards Gala
“Thank you, Heather Higgins, for that kind introduction…I accept this award on behalf of all women of action. I always want the best for my children and I’ll still do anything for them. All moms do. There really is no greater job, no greater vocation, no greater calling than to be a parent. So, I […]