Campus-rape bill comes under heavy fire

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-08-11 04:07

Article here. Excerpt:

'A congressional bill aimed at curbing sexual assault on America’s college and university campuses actually would make the problem worse, contends the anti-violence group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, or SAVE.

The Campus Accountability and Safety Act sponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., includes provisions for counselors for sexual assault victims, anonymity for those who report sexual assaults and increased standards for campus security and safety officers.

Her office declined to respond to WND questions, but in a statement previously released by her press office, she said women on college campuses are in danger of sexual assault.
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But SAVE President Everett Bartlett said one of the major consequences of the bill will be to remove some of the U.S. Constitution’s protections for the accused.

“The bill as it reads is biased in favor of the accuser and biased against the accused. It will make it difficult to protect a young man from false accusations,” Bartlett said.

“There are due process protections that are supposed to kick in [under current law] and because the bill removes much of the local law enforcement from the picture, it will be easier for the accuser to make accusations with no proof,” Bartlett said.'

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"Due process" is an issue between the state and the accused. It isn't relevant to a student and his relationship to the college he attends.

It should be obvious in the "Animal Farm" of US colleges, some animals are more equal than others. In big name sports schools, the A-List teams get top-dollar training table vittals and exclusive access to the best gym equipment, remedial instruction to make sure they can get the grades needed to stay on the team (failing that, a phone call from a coach or the dean will do it), etc. Other examples for other groups or schools can be found. So colleges long ago dispensed with any semblance of "egalite" relative to their students. But at least the issue there is who eats steaks every night for dinner and gets graded easier than who vs. who gets thrown out of college in a summary fashion based on a mere accusation of misconduct derived as a term of art (i.e., "rape", re-defined for campus-speak vs. actual law-speak). In the last case, the female students are more equal -- a lot more -- than the male ones.

So while "due process" is N/A in this context, what is relevant is just plain fairness, and more importantly, the lives of the men facing morning-after-regret accusations leading to the destruction of their futures.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2014-08-11 04:57