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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

New York: National Champion of Campus Kangaroo Courts

New York: National Champion of Campus Kangaroo Courts SAVE November 29, 2021 Over the past decade, over 200 judicial decisions have been handed down against colleges across the country for violations of the rights of students accused of sexual misconduct. According to SAVE’s Analysis of Judicial Decisions,[1] these cases involve a broad range of due […]

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Domestic Violence Victims Violence Against Women Act

Congressional Research Service Warns Against Turning VAWA into the ‘Anti-Nagging’ Law

Congressional Research Service Warns Against Turning VAWA into the ‘Anti-Nagging’ Law Coalition to End Domestic Violence November 2, 2021 Nagging has long been recognized as an annoyance in intimate partner relationships. But nagging was never seen as a legal matter. In recent years, domestic violence activists have replaced “nagging” with a new term: “coercive control.” […]

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Campus Office for Civil Rights Press Release Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Newspapers, Commentators, and Organizations Give the ‘Thumbs Down’ to Catherine Lhamon

PRESS RELEASE Email: info@saveservices.org Newspapers, Commentators, and Organizations Give the ‘Thumbs Down’ to Catherine Lhamon WASHINGTON / October 13, 2021 – A YouGov survey of the American public found that 68-80% of Americans — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — support campus due process. https://www.saveservices.org/sexual-assault/opinion-polls/ Accordingly, a growing number of newspapers, commentators, and organizations has come […]

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

‘Take Responsibility Act’ Would Upend Long-Standing Supreme Court Decisions, Dramatically Increasing University Liability Risk

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org ‘Take Responsibility Act’ Would Upend Long-Standing Supreme Court Decisions, Dramatically Increasing University Liability Risk WASHINGTON / October 11, 2021 – Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) recently introduced H.R. 5396 (1), a bill that would substantially increase universities’ risk of being targeted in Title IX lawsuits. The bill would remove […]

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Know Your IX: ‘I’m angry, I’m disappointed’

Know Your IX: ‘I’m angry, I’m disappointed’ October 6, 2021 This morning was not what I expected. Our team had a meeting scheduled at the Department of Education with Acting Assistant Secretary Suzanne Goldberg and Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten. We were coming with more than 55,000 signatures on a petition demanding the Department of Education […]

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Campus Investigations Title IX

Brett Sokolow: Dogged Pursuit of a Separate Reality

Brett Sokolow: Dogged Pursuit of a Separate Reality SAVE September 24, 2021 The overriding purpose of a campus Title IX adjudication is to evaluate the truthfulness of the allegation. The due process procedures used to achieve this goal include objective investigations, live hearings with cross-examination, impartial adjudications, and an opportunity for appeal, all buttressed by […]

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Wrongful Convictions

$6.9M Award for Connecticut Man Cleared of 2 Rapes After More Than a Decade Behind Bars

$6.9M Award for Connecticut Man Cleared of 2 Rapes After More Than a Decade Behind Bars September 16, 2021 A central Connecticut man who spent 12 years in prison for two rapes—that now even the state says he didn’t commit—has been awarded $6.9 million, thanks to DNA testing that exonerated him. Plaintiffs counsel Rosemarie Paine […]

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Campus Title IX

ATIXA: Catherine Lhamon Senator Support Template Letter

ATIXA: Catherine Lhamon Senator Support Template Letter Download the word document template to customize and e/mail to your Senator now! [Insert Senator Name Here] [Insert Senator Office Name Here] [Insert Address Here] Dear [Insert Senator Name Here]: I write to express my support for Catherine Lhamon’s nomination to be Assistant Secretary for the Office for Civil […]

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Coercive Control Domestic Violence

What is Domestic Violence by Proxy?

What is Domestic Violence by Proxy? By Joan T. Kloth-Zanard September 12, 2021 Domestic Violence is the act of physically, psychologically or sexually using various methods, behaviors, comments and/or actions to coercively control another human being.  Coercive Controlling behaviors include but are not limited to any of the following.  (Taken from “Where Did I Go […]

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Campus Office for Civil Rights Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Continued Wave of Judicial Decisions Reveals Absurdity of Catherine Lhamon ‘Civil Rights’ Nomination

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Continued Wave of Judicial Decisions Reveals Absurdity of Catherine Lhamon ‘Civil Rights’ Nomination WASHINGTON / September 13, 2021 – Judges have handed down over 200 Title IX decisions against colleges and universities in recent years (1). Ironically, the civil rights abuses that led to these lawsuits occurred as […]