Posted on 09/23/2017 10:12:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said that President Barack Obama’s policy had been unfairly skewed against those accused of assault and had “weaponized” the Education Department to “work against schools and against students.”
The change is the latest in Trump’s broader effort to roll back Obama policies. Women’s rights groups slammed Friday’s decision, saying it will discourage students from reporting assault.
The guidance released in 2011 and then updated in 2014 instructed universities to use a “preponderance of the evidence” standard when assessing and investigating a claim of sexual assault.
DeVos’ new interim guidelines let colleges choose between that standard and a “clear and convincing evidence” standard, which is harder to meet. Those rules will be in place temporarily while the Education Department gathers comments from interest groups and the public and writes new guidance. …
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FU AP. “News” is not about truth, objectively reporting what you see, it is about promulgating your leftist agenda. FU AP, your horse, your car, your agenda, your blind employees,and all your useful idiots. FU and FU.
...replacing it with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints.Thanks Olog-hai.
IOW, we're getting back to *innocent until proved guilty* instead of *guilty until proved innocent (maybe)*.
Hopefully, the *he's guilty by virtue of the fact of being male and she made an accusation cause she was mad at him and wanted to ruin his life* days are over.
More winning! This win is for the right to due process. Liberals really do simply want to enslave everyone.
JoMa
It doesn’t matter. The extra-legal Inquisition Courts are in place. This will not take them down.
If a woman doesn't want to be assaulted, don't go to a man's bedroom.If a man doesn't want to be falsely accused of assault, don't take a woman to your bedroom.
I was pretty Liberal when Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of inappropriate behavior. I bought into the ‘women tell the truth’ meme.....right up until I saw the women who came forth and accused Bill Clinton of the groping, etc. And the Dem women were intent on destroying ANYONE who accused Clinton. Heck, I even saw Hill, asked on a Saturday Today Show about Clinton’s behavior, respond ‘well, you really have to consider his voting record’. Not kidding. Some women have a grudge against men and will lie to destroy a man who has rejected them. I hope the new ‘guidance’ will help even out the sides.
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