Edward Snowden warned us this would happen!
Edward Snowden warned us this would happen!
Or worse still, a counselor or dean who has no law enforcement investigatory powers which seems like a pretty common occurrence.
The question is the process. If the process is inconsistent, then its an issue. There’s no inconsistency in BYU’s prohibition of premarital sex, for example.
It’s the investigation and punishment of sexual assault and rape that we’re talking about here genius, not spit balls.
“The right to a college education is not guaranteed by the Constitution”
No, they said that people using social media campaigns to influence court cases can have a negative outcome on the cases
You can’t protect one group’s rights at the expense of another. Or you can, but you should expect to be defeated in court over and over until this extrajudicial nonsense stops.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT PERSON SAID
How do you come to that conclusion?
FYI:
What an astounding leap in logic
So how do you propose they discipline a student who sexually assaults another student?
And universities are rarely concerned with due process.
I like what the Judge wrote there. He’s on point completely.
Universities should be in the education business, not the law enforcement business.
Exactly, they’re definitely going to bring up his past. No reason they shouldn’t bring up hers. I’ve been away for a bit since Gawker went down but it’s good to see the writers here are still advocating guilty until proven innocent for the wealthy and famous. /s
Lindsey you would would not bat an eye if a black man accused of selling drugs or murder had information about his past behavior brought into trial. Then it would be “well his past behavior indicates the type of person he is, and the types of acts he is capable of.....”
If Exxon is taking someone to court for destroying Exxon property, you don’t think the defendant’s history of environmental activism will be brought up by plaintiff? Or Exxon’s history of environmental negligence be brought up by the defense?
If she brings up her character and sexual preferences, then she is opening the door for the defense to rebut that presumption. in the absence of the plaintiff “opening the door,” courts routinely throw out these defenses (unless they are relevant to physical evidence like in Kobe’s case where the woman had sex with…
Sounds like he’s already guilty according to Deadspin. Cancel the trial and lock him up.