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At first I thought they didn’t want me to participate in campus activities. Then I thought they didn’t want me to graduate. 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 the endgame?
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THE ACLU Sells Its Soul. Abandons Civil Liberties To Sue Betsy DeVos, Due Process
The American Civil Liberties Union has abandoned its mission of defending liberty. It once fought for free speech, for everyone, even neo-Nazis, on the principle that if one person’s civil liberties are in danger, then everyone’s are. The organization used to stand up for the rights of the accused, including the right to the presumption […]
BETSY DeVos Upholds Basic Constitutional Rights In Title IX Rule
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last month released the department’s final reforms governing campus sexual misconduct investigations. The revisions have been years in the making, and they are arguably the most important, and lasting, mark of DeVos’ tenure. Upon release, DeVos clearly explained the rationale behind the new rule: “Today, we announce a final rule […]
HUGE WIN For Doe! 3rd Circuit Issues Pathbreaking Opinion Against USciences. New Title IX Regs in Sex Cases Upheld
On late Friday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a pathbreaking opinion affirming the critical importance of due process in campus sexual-misconduct proceedings, even for students at private universities. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel held that if a private university promises students a fair process in sexual-misconduct cases, it must […]
IN INTERVIEW DeVOS ‘Frankly Disgusted’ By ‘Total Hypocrite’ Joe Biden
Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she’s “frankly disgusted” by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s political shift when it comes to women who claim to have been the victims of sexual misconduct. In a recent interview, DeVos said she thought Biden was a “total hypocrite” for demanding more due process in vetting accusations than he […]
90th FEDERAL SETTLEMENT. University of San Francisco Settles w/ John Doe.
Late last month, University of San Francisco, a Jesuit University, settled with John Doe. Of special interest is the fact that USF is where Law Professor and due process ally, Lara Bazelon teaches. Lara Bazelon created a pro-bono law clinic focusing on “Racial Justice” at the USF Law School. In 2018 Bazelon’s law clinic got […]
BIG GREAT WIN For USC Kicker Matthew Boermeester! Matt Wins in Court of Appeal
On May 28, 2020, the California Court of Appeal reversed the trial court decision of Judge Amy D. Hogue and set aside USC’s expulsion of former Trojan kicker Matthew Boermeester, who kicked the game-winning 46-yard field goal in the final second of the 2017 Rose Bowl to give USC a 52-49 victory over Penn State. […]
LAWSUIT: UCLA Dean Urged Student to Falsely Accuse Mentor Prof. She Refused. So Dean Did.
In 2018 when UCLA professor of dentistry Kang Ting testified against a senior official in a sexual harassment proceeding, it put a target on his back. The official whom he testified against, Senior Associate Dean Sotirios Tetradis, tried to get the student who accused Tetradis to falsely accuse Ting, her mentor, according to court documents reviewed by the Daily […]
TITLE IX Coordinator Melinda Stoops Tells How BC Will Avoid New Title IX Regs: ‘Re-Classify’
Boston College has spent millions of dollars defending against a single lawsuit by an accused student who claims it violated his due process. It’s appealing a jury award of more than $100,000 to “John Doe,” and yet a federal appeals court already ruled against the Jesuit institution once. With the college facing new federal rules on how it must conduct sexual misconduct investigations, […]
FORMER ACLU President ‘Strongly Disagrees’ w/ACLU Case Against DeVos. Denounces Kangaroo Courts
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against Betsy DeVos, the Education Secretary for her department’s new Title IX regulations on campus. These have to do with the rights of accusers and the rights of the accused. Nadine Strossen was president of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008. Strossen strongly dissents from the ACLU, […]
BOSTON College Legal Fees Jump To 7 Million in 3 Years For Title IX Due Process Case
At the rate it’s going, Boston College will spend several million in legal fees to defend itself against a single lawsuit by a student it found responsible for sexual assault. That’s according to student journalist Jack Goldman, who covered the litigation for the campus newspaper. Goldman gives a highly detailed recap of BC’s ongoing efforts to […]
NEW Title IX Regs Restore Due Process–But There’s a Battle Ahead
In the latest case where a male student sued his college over the unfair procedures it used to expel him, Colgate University in New York will go to trial. So ruled federal district judge Frederick Scullin. In his opinion, the plaintiff student had presented sufficient evidence of bias against him for the case to proceed. […]
LAW PROFESSOR Wins $1.2M Defamation Case Against Morgan Wright Who Falsely Accused Him ‘With Malice’
Three years ago, University of Minnesota Law Prof. Francesco Parisi beat charges that he anally raped his ex-lover, Morgan Wright. (She previously made similar allegations against her dead ex-husband) It’s too little and much too late for Parisi, a father of five daughters whose reputation was destroyed even as the justice system found serial problems […]
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I’M A DEMOCRAT; Secretary DeVos Is Right on Title IX Reform
I am a progressive Democrat and enthusiastic supporter of the new Title IX Rule that was recently issued by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The DeVos Rule provides colleges and universities with a detailed and uniform modus operandi on how they must handle gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault disputes. The new regulations emphasize fairness, equitability, due […]
5.6.2020 IS A GREAT DAY For Due Process. U.S. Ed. Dept. Releases Final Title IX Rules
The U.S. Department of Education today released its Final Rule under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. In addition to posting the unofficial version of the Final Rule, the Department is releasing a Final Rule overview, […]
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‘REMARKABLE BRIEF’ Defending: Due Process. Free Speech. And TIX Regs. From 14 States
“No one denies the urgent need to prevent sexual harassment and to punish it when it occurs. Sexual harassment of any sort is unacceptable, including harassment at our nation’s public schools and institutions of higher education. No student pursuing an education should do so in fear that she will be victimized and suffer a lifetime […]
WHY ARE Some Members of Congress Opposing Due Process Protections for Black Male Students?
During the Senate HELP Committee’s 2015 hearing on campus sexual assault, Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley made the surprising observation that in her experience, “male students of color are accused and punished at ‘unreasonably high rates’ in campus sexual misconduct investigations.” Two years later, journalist Emily Yoffe posed this question in The Atlantic: “Is the […]