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Department of Education Department of Justice Investigations Legal Office for Civil Rights Sexual Assault Title IX

Amy Coney Barrett, potential Supreme Court nominee, wrote influential ruling on campus sexual assault

By Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown The Washington Post, September 20, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett, a leading contender for the Supreme Court seat held by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, wrote an influential appellate decision last year that made it easier for students accused of sexual assault to challenge universities’ handling of their cases. Barrett

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Campus Legal Sexual Assault Title IX

University suspended black student for a year because drunk white girl kissed him: lawsuit

THE COLLEGE FIX She told three different stories – and the last one can be falsified Long Island University punished a black student for sexual assault despite his white accuser’s constantly changing story and several witnesses who either contradicted or couldn’t corroborate her claims, according to a lawsuit filed last week

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Dual Track Adjudications: Recipe for Legal Disaster

SAVE One month has now passed since the new Title IX regulation took effect on August 14, 2020.[1] According to this historic civil rights regulation, schools receiving federal funding must now provide students with, among other procedural protections, live hearings and the opportunity for real-time cross examination through an advisor. The Office for Civil Rights

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Due Process Title IX

Biden v. the Courts on Title IX

Appellate rulings have shredded colleges for denying due-process protections—the same protections that the Democratic nominee promises to revoke. by KC Johnson, September 15, 2020 “Any number of federal constitutional and statutory provisions reflect the proposition that, in this country, we determine guilt or innocence individually—rather than collectively, based on one’s identification with some demographic group,”

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

PR: Legal Experts Warn of the Perils of Campus ‘Dual-Track’ Adjudications

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Legal Experts Warn of the Perils of Campus ‘Dual-Track’ Adjudications WASHINGTON / September 17, 2020 – One month after a historic civil rights policy took effect at colleges across the nation, legal experts are warning administrators about the legal pitfalls of “dual-track” adjudications. Dual-track adjudications are

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Discrimination Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Rep. Ben Cline Opening Statement at Hearing on Gender-Based Protections

WASHINGTON, DC/September 10, 2020 – Today, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, offered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss gender-based protections: “Prior to coming to Congress, I was proud to serve as a prosecutor of domestic violence cases to

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX Equity Project Training

PR: Many Universities Not Compliant with New Title IX Requirement to Post Training Materials

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Many Universities Not Compliant with New Title IX Requirement to Post Training Materials WASHINGTON / September 8, 2020 – A review of the websites of 50 colleges and universities across the nation reveals that 65% are out of compliance with the Title IX regulation’s requirement to post

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Department of Education Investigations Title IX

Will the New Title IX Be Sabotaged?

by Wendy McElroy | Aug 25, 2020 On August 14, a change of kind occurred in how educational institutions address accusations of sexual misconduct if they wish to receive federal funding. A controversial new Title IX regulation went into effect. Or did it? In today’s extraordinarily partisan times, there can be cognitive disconnect between official policy and actual

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California Title IX

California’s ill-advised attempt to circumvent new Title IX rules

by Tyler Coward August 27, 2020 The California State Capitol in Sacramento. The California Assembly is debating SB 493, a bill which will further entrench problematic procedures for resolving campus sexual assault accusations. The bill, which was introduced in 2019, has already passed the state Senate. It includes many provisions that are at odds with

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Campus Title IX

PR: Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government; SAVE Urges Delay on Vote WASHINGTON / August 27, 2020 – State senator Hannah Beth Jackson has inserted language into a Higher Education bill, SB-493, that would force California colleges to defy