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CentralMass

(15,455 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 01:14 PM May 2020

Students accused of sexual misconduct get stronger protections under new federal rules

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-06/students-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-get-stronger-protections-under-new-federal-rules
"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled sweeping changes Wednesday to campus sexual misconduct rules that would bolster the rights of the accused and give colleges more flexibility in how they handle Title IX cases."
"DeVos has said the revisions are aimed at restoring fairness and rebalancing the rights of the accuser and accused in the contentious arena of campus sexual assault. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education by schools that receive federal funding."

I guess they have to enable them young.

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Students accused of sexual misconduct get stronger protections under new federal rules (Original Post) CentralMass May 2020 OP
Good. virgogal May 2020 #1
Good? smirkymonkey May 2020 #4
+100000 Celerity May 2020 #6
You're against due process and the right to confront your accuser as provided by the constitution? Jake Stern May 2020 #11
This is far from unusual for this particular poster. demmiblue May 2020 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2020 #18
Shoo. n/t demmiblue May 2020 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2020 #21
how is this possibly good???????? Celerity May 2020 #5
I know right? Jake Stern May 2020 #12
sounds like bullshit MRA talking points to me Celerity May 2020 #14
You call it MRA talking points Jake Stern May 2020 #15
disagree profoundly, have a nice evening nt Celerity May 2020 #17
That's exactly what they are. smirkymonkey May 2020 #16
... demmiblue May 2020 #22
Yes, good. nsd May 2020 #19
Are they called the "Kavanaugh Rights" DURHAM D May 2020 #2
Or avoid Star Chambers exboyfil May 2020 #3
The Title IX process is kind of a shitshow anyway. It looks like the changes actually can provide WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #7
Betsy DeVos really wanted to do away with protections for sexual assault survivors on campuses... Hekate May 2020 #8
"Make America Rapey Again" bullwinkle428 May 2020 #9
Schools should have nothing to do with investigating and punishing sexual assault hack89 May 2020 #10
So the accused should have few rights? Igel May 2020 #23

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
11. You're against due process and the right to confront your accuser as provided by the constitution?
Wed May 6, 2020, 02:48 PM
May 2020

What's wrong with YOU?

Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #4)

Response to demmiblue (Reply #20)

Celerity

(46,154 posts)
5. how is this possibly good????????
Wed May 6, 2020, 01:31 PM
May 2020



Title IX experts and advocates for survivors of sexual assault warned that the prospect of an adversarial proceeding similar to a criminal trial, complete with cross-examination, would significantly deter the filing of complaints.

“This will likely cause a very dramatic chilling effect on the willingness of people to come forward and report sexual violence and discrimination,” said Brett Sokolow, president of the Assn. of Title IX Administrators.



“Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are dead set on making schools more dangerous for everyone — even during a global pandemic,” Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center, said in a statement. “We won’t let DeVos succeed in requiring schools to be complicit in harassment, turning Title IX from a law that protects all students into a law that protects abusers and harassers.”

She said her organization would challenge the rules in court. Sokolow said one area of likely litigation would be whether the Department of Education had the authority to adopt rules on due process. “There’s going to be a war over that issue,” he said.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
12. I know right?
Wed May 6, 2020, 02:50 PM
May 2020

How dare colleges be forced to abide by constitutional protections such as due process and the right to confront your accuser!

Instead let's stay with the old rules which say that the accused is guilty until proven innocent and that the victim's word is enough to get a student expelled.

nsd

(2,477 posts)
19. Yes, good.
Wed May 6, 2020, 02:59 PM
May 2020

A necessary corrective. Concern for victims doesn't mean throwing away due process.

It's too bad this correction is associated with DeVos. I am enormous fan of the Obama administration, but on this they messed up.

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,635 posts)
7. The Title IX process is kind of a shitshow anyway. It looks like the changes actually can provide
Wed May 6, 2020, 01:40 PM
May 2020

some more transparency, but could also end up reinforcing inequalities in some cases.

Hekate

(94,218 posts)
8. Betsy DeVos really wanted to do away with protections for sexual assault survivors on campuses...
Wed May 6, 2020, 01:52 PM
May 2020

The way she went on about the unfairness of it all made me wonder: what happened with her brother (Eric Prince) and sons (if any) when they were at college? Given Eric's life since then, I'd say: nothing good.

hack89

(39,179 posts)
10. Schools should have nothing to do with investigating and punishing sexual assault
Wed May 6, 2020, 02:21 PM
May 2020

Last edited Wed May 6, 2020, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)

it should be a police matter.

Sexual harassment yes - that is a proper thing for schools to handle as long as it is done openly and fairly.

Igel

(35,995 posts)
23. So the accused should have few rights?
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:24 PM
May 2020

Think back a few decades. White woman accuses black man.

As the accused, it's appropriate for the black man to not be able to know what the accusations are until the investigation is complete? Not have a lawyer? Not be able to question his accuser?

We'd say that to the extent this actually was the case under Jim Crow it was due to white privilege.

Granted, it's not a criminal trial. But having on his transcript that he was chucked from college for sexual assault makes it clear that he can't apply to another college with expectations of enrollment, and can't use his college credit for a job application. And for those that require transcripts, the guy's committing fraud by not informing on himself. And if he's two years out of high school and doesn't fess up to college (which would mean handing over transcripts) he has to explain what he did for two years.

Even if the accuser is wrong, the accuser is right.

Colleges are afraid of the executive branch and take certain steps to make sure they get the money they need--steps which, in many cases, the administrators like because of shared ideology. Then the judicial branch slaps them down for violating constitutional safeguards.

Somebody upthread pointed out that to deny women the protections would reduce the number of charges filed. I guess it works the same for theft complaints, so property theft needs the same advantages for accusers. And hate crimes. And non-sexual assault.

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