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ACLU sells its soul and abandons civil liberties to sue Betsy DeVos

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-aclu-sells-its-soul-to-sue-betsy-devos-over-title-ix-due-process-reforms The ACLU sells its soul and abandons civil liberties to sue Betsy DeVos >by Brad Polumbo | May 15, 2020 10:43 AM The American Civil Liberties Union has abandoned its mission of defending liberty to become the legal advocacy arm of the Democratic Party. That might sound like a harsh judgment of the once-venerable civil

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I’m a public defender in Manhattan. The Central Park video is all too familiar.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-a-public-defender-in-manhattan-the-central-park-video-is-all-too-familiar/2020/05/26/73c3de60-9f99-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most I’m a public defender in Manhattan. The Central Park video is all too familiar. Video shows white woman calling police on black man who asked her to leash her dog Amy Cooper called the police on Christian Cooper on May 25 after he asked her to leash her dog in Manhattan’s Central Park.

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HEROES Coronavirus Bill is Chock-Full of Domestic Violence Provisions

Coalition to End Domestic Violence May 14, 2020 The coronavirus relief bill, the HEROES Act, HR 6800, was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill proposes $3 trillion (with a ‘T’) in new federal expenditures. There is little evidence that coronavirus stay-at-home policies are causing a “surge” or “spike” in domestic violence cases

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Title IX

ACLU sues Betsy DeVos over new campus sexual assault rules

Erik Ortiz May 14, 2020, 3:49 PM EDT Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ revised federal guidelines on how sexual assault allegations should be handled on college and K-12 campuses is the target of a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, claiming the changes would “inflict significant harm” on victims and “dramatically undermine” their civil rights. The suit, filed on behalf

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Domestic Violence

Has there been a surge in domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic the feminist lobby has claimed that there has been a surge* in domestic violence. (*Note that the term ‘surge’ has been well and truly overtaken by now, most recently by ‘staggering increase‘). This development has manifested itself across several countries, with the UN Women agency being a significant

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Campus Title IX

ATIXA Puts Members into Legal Jeopardy Regarding Requirement to Publicly Post Training Materials

SAVE May 13, 2020 The new Title IX regulation affirms, “A recipient must make these training materials publicly available on its website.” (1) SAVE believes this is one of the most important provisions in the new regulation into order to bring an end to the pernicious sex stereotypes and gender discrimination that have emerged in

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Black men protected most by Trump reforms to Obama-Biden campus sexual assault rules, experts say

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/black-men-hit-most-obama-biden-campus-assault-rules-denying-due-process Black men protected most by Trump reforms to Obama-Biden campus sexual assault rules, experts say Critics say there were ‘parallels between the treatment of black men accused of rape during the infamous Jim Crow period and the adjudication of sexual assault cases in the current [Obama] era.’ Rally against sexual assault, Howard University, Washington

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Campus Title IX Equity Project

Growing Debate Whether Title IX Should Help Male Students Excluded by Female-Only Programs

By John Murawski May 7, 2020 Coding camps for girls. Scholarships for women only. Grants for female faculty. Mentorships for women and “femme-identified” undergrads. Such same-sex exclusive perks are a staple of academia’s mission to achieve an equitable society. Some colleges go further and offer women’s only hours at the campus gym, weight room and swimming

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Campus Title IX

Ed Dept. wants students accused of sexual misconduct to have rights Joe Biden wants for himself

Curt Levey May 8, 2020 In the wake of Tara Reade’s allegation that former Vice President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her when he was a senator in 1993 – an allegation that Biden strongly denies – he and his supporters have finally got it right when it comes to assessing claims of sexual assault. Significantly, the

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When Rules Don’t Apply

https://www.city-journal.org/joe-biden-title-ix-regulations When Rules Don’t Apply Joe Biden wants to deny accused college students the procedural protections that he demands for himself. KC Johnson May 8, 2020 Politics and law Normally, it would be unremarkable to hear the opposition party’s presumptive presidential nominee criticize a major policy initiative of the incumbent administration. But Joe Biden’s public repudiation of