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[–] MelatoninDreams 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
"Sparking outrage" is mediaspeak for "some people in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and DC got mad, but no one else gave a shit."
[–] RiverWind 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
TL/DR
"The part of the rule in question, a standard called “preponderance of the evidence,” outlines steps colleges and universities are required to take when dealing with sexual assault accusations on campus. It orders the school to come up with a comprehensive and robust resolution to an accusation of sexual assault, as opposed to having a victim wait to take their case through to the courts. Under the directive, if colleges do not voluntarily implement the rule, federal funding may be withheld.
DeVos pledged to replace the current directive with a “workable, effective, and fair system,” New York Magazine reported."
"Lawyer Andrew Miltenberg, who has represented many male students accused of sexual assault, agreed with DeVos and thinks there is more to the story than protesters are letting on.
“On campuses throughout the country, I’ve seen firsthand how colleges and universities are wrongfully implementing their own kangaroo courts to adjudicate accusations of sexual misconduct and destroying the lives of wrongfully accused male students.”
“Title IX was meant to be a tool for fairness, not a means for colleges and universities to micromanage students’ sex lives,” he said, according to the Post."