McCain Demands Answers from DOJ over Campus Censorship “Blueprint”

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'WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013—Arizona Senator John McCain sent a letter to the Department of Justice today challenging its recent settlement with the University of Montana. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has led national criticism of the May 9 settlement, which mandates a breathtakingly broad definition of sexual harassment and rejects the use of a “reasonable person” standard. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Education (ED) proclaimed the joint settlement to be a “blueprint” for how colleges across the country must handle sexual misconduct allegations.
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In today’s letter, Senator McCain writes: “Without congressional authorization or even any formal agency rulemaking, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez and a group of lawyers in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division have single-handedly redefined the meaning of sexual harassment at all universities and colleges across the country that receive public funding.”
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Senator McCain also asks whether everyday expression protected by the First Amendment—including students joking or listening to music that contains sexual content, or a teacher assigning a work which includes sexual content—could now be grounds for filing a sexual harassment complaint. Senator McCain writes: “What safe harbors are available to students and teachers so that they can be assured that innocent behavior is not investigated and punished?”'