Molly DeVos Will Recognize Due Process Rights for Those Accused in College Kangaroo Courts, and the Left Goes Bananas

If NeverTrump had its way, Hillary's choice for Secretary of Education would be in charge of Title IX prosecutions.

Anyone think Madame Hillary would be pressing for due process rights in these sham hearings?

News leaked Wednesday that the Education Department plans to bring campus sexual misconduct policies in line with basic principles of fairness and due process, and many progressive feminists are fuming.

But these criticisms of Education Secretary Molly DeVos are hard to take seriously, since so many of them contain very basic errors about the administration's revised guidance relating to Title IX, the federal statute that mandates sex and gender equality in education.

As reported earlier by The New York Times, and confirmed independently by Reason, the Education Department plans to abandon several controversial Obama-era policies that deprived accused students of the ability to meaningfully defend themselves in sexual misconduct disputes. DeVos would no longer force colleges to adjudicate all accusations of which they become aware, permit more flexibility, mandate cross-examination during hearings, and adopt a definition of sexual harassment in line with Supreme Court precedent.

The new guidance is still in draft mode, and will have to undergo a period of public notice and comment before it takes effect. If adopted, the proposals "will go a long way towards restoring meaningful due process protections to the campus justice system, to the ultimate benefit of students--both accuser and accused," according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's Robert Shibley.

posted by Ace of Spades at 02:17 PM

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