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American Bar Association Considers Defining All Sexual Contact as Rape

https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/33081-american-bar-association-considers-resolution-that-virtually-defines-all-sex-as-rape Thursday, 08 August 2019 American Bar Association Considers Defining All Sexual Contact as Rape Written by Raven Clabough The American Bar Association (ABA) will be voting on a resolution that would urge state legislatures to adopt the controversial “affirmative consent” as the criminal definition of sexual consent at its annual meeting this week. Such a resolution

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Sex Without A Notarized Document Of Consent Is Teetering On Becoming A Thing Of The Past

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2019/08/sex-without-a-n.html August 7, 2019 Sex Without A Notarized Document Of Consent Is Teetering On Becoming A Thing Of The Past Of course, even a notarized document doesn’t protect you, as the person you’re having sex with could say they withdrew consent mid-act, and you don’t have proof that you had consent to continue. In short

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Top Legal Organization About To Adopt Dangerous ‘Affirmative Consent’ Resolution That Defines All Sex As Rape Unless Otherwise Proven

https://www.dailywire.com/news/50344/top-legal-organization-about-adopt-dangerous-ashe-schow Top Legal Organization About To Adopt Dangerous ‘Affirmative Consent’ Resolution That Defines All Sex As Rape Unless Otherwise Proven katleho Seisa By ASHE SCHOW August 7, 2019 It’s been a few years since the dangerous “affirmative consent” standard has made headlines. Many colleges and universities began adopting the standard about half-a-decade ago, following the state

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Title IX a Sticking Point in Talks Over New Higher Ed Law

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/06/title-ix-emerges-top-obstacle-higher-ed-law-deal Title IX a Sticking Point in Talks Over New Higher Ed Law Resolving differences over sexual assault procedures, including requirements for live hearings, emerges as one of the biggest challenges for negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. By Andrew Kreighbaum August 6, 2019 For the past two years, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee

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CORRUPT COPS: Planted Evidence, Coerced Confessions, and now, ‘Conviction-Oriented’ Investigations

Center for Prosecutor Integrity August 7, 2019 Police misconduct is a long-standing problem in our criminal justice system. Examples include fabrication of evidence, high-pressure interrogations, bribery, and more. Now there’s a new way to corrupt the process: Conviction-oriented investigations. AND IT’S BEING ACTIVELY PROMOTED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Ethics codes require investigators

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American Bar Association mulls campus sex rules for criminal code

https://www.thecollegefix.com/american-bar-association-mulls-campus-sex-rules-for-criminal-code/ American Bar Association mulls campus sex rules for criminal code GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •AUGUST 6, 2019 ‘Disastrous for due process’ if resolution passes On college campuses, accused students often must prove they obtained “affirmative consent” from their partners before and throughout sexual activity. In a few states, it’s the law for college students. The

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American Bar Association must reject guilty-until-proven-innocent affirmative consent resolution

https://www.thefire.org/american-bar-association-must-reject-guilty-until-proven-innocent-affirmative-consent-resolution/ American Bar Association must reject guilty-until-proven-innocent affirmative consent resolution by Samantha Harris August 5, 2019 In just a few days, the American Bar Association will consider whether to adopt a resolution urging state legislatures to adopt a criminal-law definition of consent similar to the “affirmative consent” standard increasingly popular on college campuses. Given the ABA’s reputation

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ABA Resolves You’re Guilty of Rape

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2019/08/04/aba-resolves-youre-guilty-of-rape/ ABA Resolves You’re Guilty of Rape It was only a few years ago when the woke at the American Law institute tried their darndest to change the model penal code to make every defendant a rapist if someone said so. Sure, it’s ironic as the cognitive-dissonance-impaired scholars railed against mass incarceration, for decriminalization

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Former Va. governor Doug Wilder contests finding of sexual harassment investigation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/former-va-governor-doug-wilder-contests-finding-of-sexual-harassment-investigation/2019/07/23/9bd87cb2-ad5f-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?utm_term=.b281ddd0cefe Former Va. governor Doug Wilder contests finding of sexual harassment investigation Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder, outside the capitol in Richmond in 2015. (Timothy C. Wright for The Washington Post) By Jenna Portnoy July 23 Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder has formally contested the finding of an investigator hired by Virginia Commonwealth University

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Return to Sanity? Nebraska Court of Appeals Reins in Restraining Order Abuse

SAVE July 30, 2019 It’s no secret that restraining orders are often issued with little or no evidence of abuse. The SAVE Special Report, The Use and Abuse of Domestic Restraining Orders, documents numerous examples of such frivolous orders: • Elaine Epstein, former president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, admitted, “Everyone knows that restraining orders