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How the #MeToo Movement is Trying to Weaponize the Violence Against Women Act

Coalition to End Domestic Violence Not too long ago, the Violence Against Women Act enjoyed strong bipartisan support. Every five years, senators Joe Biden of Delaware and Orrin Hatch of Utah collaborated in a fine display of bipartisan unity to urge their fellow lawmakers to reauthorize VAWA. That abruptly changed on February 12, 2013, when

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Ex-UMBC baseball players, part of national trend, turning tables on sexual assault accuser in court

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-baltimore-county-counter-claims-20190401-story.html?cid=db Ex-UMBC baseball players, part of national trend, turning tables on sexual assault accuser in court By CATHERINE RENTZ | THE BALTIMORE SUN | JUL 08, 2019 | 12:00 PM Three former UMBC baseball players have filed a defamation suit against a woman who accused them of sexual assault. (Jen Rynda / Baltimore Sun Media Group) Three former baseball players

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PR: Federal Office for Civil Rights Launches Investigations of Title IX Discrimination Complaints by Male Students

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Federal Office for Civil Rights Launches Investigations of Title IX Discrimination Complaints by Male Students WASHINGTON / July 9, 2019 – Following hundreds of lawsuits by male students alleging disparate and unfair treatment by institutions of higher education (1), the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

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Appeals court rebukes Purdue for hiding evidence from accused student, likely anti-male bias

https://www.thecollegefix.com/appeals-court-rebukes-purdue-for-hiding-evidence-from-accused-student-likely-anti-male-bias/ Appeals court rebukes Purdue for hiding evidence from accused student, likely anti-male bias ALEXANDER PEASE – UMASS BOSTON •JULY 2, 2019 ‘Alcohol isn’t the cause of campus sexual assault. Men are’ Purdue University didn’t bother reviewing an investigative report before judging an accused student responsible for sexually assaulting another student. It didn’t show him the

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Why is Google Blocking Articles on Judicial Bias and Trauma-Informed Training?

SAVE July 1, 2019 There’s no question Google is manipulating search results, but it’s a much broader problem than just the presidential election. Google is also altering search results on a broader front. Consider the following: An op-ed was recently published in a Nebraska newspaper that discusses the problem of politicized training for judges, police

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Anderson Cooper cuts to commercial after Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll calls rape ‘sexy’

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cooper-cuts-interview-short-after-e-jean-carroll-calls-rape-sexy?utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_06/24/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=175742 Anderson Cooper cuts to commercial after Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll calls rape ‘sexy’ by John Gage CNN host Anderson Cooper moved quickly to a commercial break when the woman who has recently accused President Trump of assaulting her in the mid-1990s suggested that rape was “sexy.” Cooper had asked writer E. Jean Carroll, 75, if she

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Senators Seek to Break Sexual Assault Impasse on Education Bill

https://www.bgov.com/core/news_articles/PTRJ3C6K50XT Senators Seek to Break Sexual Assault Impasse on Education Bill Bipartisan group looks to balance accuser, accused rights Congress, Education Department working separately By Emily Wilkins | June 27, 2019 11:02AM ET | Bloomberg Government A group of eight senators is working to tackle one of the most contentious issues in higher education—when

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Judge rips into University of Michigan for evasion, bad faith in accused student’s lawsuit

https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-rips-into-university-of-michigan-for-evasion-bad-faith-in-accused-students-lawsuit/ Judge rips into University of Michigan for evasion, bad faith in accused student’s lawsuit GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •JUNE 18, 2019 University’s lawyer doesn’t know what ‘cross-examination’ means The University of Michigan does not have a good history with Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow. That history got even worse on Monday. The federal

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Texas governor signs bill making sex jokes on campus a criminal offense

https://www.thecollegefix.com/texas-governor-signs-bill-making-sex-jokes-on-campus-a-criminal-offense/ Texas governor signs bill making sex jokes on campus a criminal offense GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •JUNE 17, 2019 Get ready for ‘explosion of frivolous investigations into protected speech’ Greg Abbott issued broad protections for campus speech a week ago. A few days later, he rendered those new protections meaningless. Ignoring warnings from a civil-liberties groupand yours truly

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Order of protection fails to prevent Fort Benning soldier’s murder; wife charged

https://www.foxnews.com/us/order-of-protection-fort-benning-soldiers-murder-wife-charged-with-murder Order of protection fails to prevent Fort Benning soldier’s murder; wife charged By Robert Gearty | Fox News An order of protection wasn’t able to prevent the fatal shooting of a Fort Benning soldier who survived two combat tours in Afghanistan. Sgt. Brandyn Paonessa, 26, was killed Thursday in Phenix, Ala., and his wife was charged with the