Trump Can Help Debunk Alleged College "Rape Culture"

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'Due process protections for the accused in campus cases alleging sexual assault have been under attack for decades. In the guise of enforcing Title IX—a 1972 federal law prohibiting educational institutions that receive federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex—the Obama administration intensified the attack.

Restoring due process on campuses does not seem to be a top priority for President Trump and congressional Republicans. If they wish to uphold the rule of law—for men and for women—it should be.

Sexual assault is a grave crime. It ought to be promptly reported to the police. Perpetrators should be punished to the full extent of the law. But stripping the accused of due process rights—shared with those accused of murder, assault and battery, and other violent crimes—violates the promise of equality under the law and undermines the most effective means available for pursuing the truth about claims of serious criminal wrongdoing.

University administrators and professors, politicians, and many journalists who write about this issue believe that an allegedly pervasive college “rape culture” justifies university authorities taking the law into their own hands and, in righteous pursuit of the monsters roaming our campuses, sweeping the innocent away with the guilty.'

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Betsy Devos, was just confirmed as Educational secretary. I dont know if she will have much influence in this area, but it was reported that she donated to FIRE an agency that supports due process rights in sexual assault cases.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/01/23/boston-globe-attacks-on-betsy-devos-reveal-how-ideological-the-campus-rape-debate-has-become/

edit: I thought she got final confirmation, but I guess not, but she got one step closer.

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