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Violence Against Women Act

REAUTHORIZATION OF VAWA-2020

http://mensenews.org/domestic-violence-articles/item/132-reauthorization-of-vawa-2020.html?fbclid=IwAR2k0tYAHfGhZv_KYwCmdAZq_EUdy1PqIVUxiGZ2FuVe9mNXMTsynYKiSBY Monday, 03 February 2020 13:47 REAUTHORIZATION OF VAWA-2020 FEATURED Written by Robert Cubby At this point in time the House of Representatives have forwarded their amended version of the Violence Against Women Act to the Senate. It is stalled because provisions governing the seizure of firearms among other concerns.

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Sexual Harassment

Legislators discard element of sexual harassment definition, broadening liability

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/02/03/legislators-discard-element-of-sexual-harassment-definition-broadening-liability/ Legislators discard element of sexual harassment definition, broadening liability By Hans Bader February 3, 2020 World’s largest gavel, outside courthouse in Columbus, Ohio On January 30, a subcommittee in Virginia’s House of Delegates voted 5-to-2 to adopt a revised version of HB 1418, a bill to expand employers’ liability for sexual harassment. The bill originally applied to employers

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Campus DED Sexual Assault Directive Due Process Sexual Assault

PR: Urgent Need for Lawmakers to Stop Campus ‘Kangaroo Courts’

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Urgent Need for Lawmakers to Stop Campus ‘Kangaroo Courts’ WASHINGTON / February 3, 2020 – As evidence continues to mount of inept campus administrators and biased adjudications, SAVE urges lawmakers to take prompt steps to reform college sex tribunals, sometimes referred to derisively as “kangaroo courts.”

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Title IX

Major sporting events & domestic violence myth

https://www.fighting4fair.com/uncategorized/major-sporting-events-domestic-violence-myth/ Major sporting events & domestic violence myth Feminists claim a bogus strong link between televised football and/or major sports events such as the U.S Superbowl to sudden surges in the incidence of domestic violence. By way of background this topic was formally addressed in another of my blog posts entitled ‘Fudging the figures to support

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Title IX

For the second time in a week, judge stops UConn from punishing student after sham trial

https://www.thecollegefix.com/for-the-second-time-in-a-week-judge-stops-uconn-from-punishing-student-after-sham-trial/ For the second time in a week, judge stops UConn from punishing student after sham trial GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •JANUARY 28, 2020 ‘Money damages cannot compensate him for these harms’ Give the University of Connecticut credit for its consistency: It does not believe students have constitutional rights, regardless of what they’re accused of

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Title IX

Federal Judge Concludes UConn Sexual Assault Hearing Likely Violated Due Process

https://reason.com/2020/01/25/federal-judge-concludes-uconn-sexual-assault-hearing-likely-violated-due-process/ DUE PROCESS Federal Judge Concludes UConn Sexual Assault Hearing Likely Violated Due Process, orders university to temporarily reinstate accused student for Spring semester. EUGENE VOLOKH |THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY | 1.25.2020 6:45 PM From Doe v. Univ. of Connecticut, decided Thursday by Judge Michael P. Shea (D. Conn.): This case challenges the fairness of disciplinary proceedings brought against

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Uncategorized

PR: Super Bowl Advisory: SAVE Urges Media to Assure Accurate Reporting on Sex-Trafficking Issue

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org SUPER BOWL ADVISORY: SAVE URGES MEDIA TO ASSURE ACCURATE REPORTING ON SEX-TRAFFICKING ISSUE WASHINGTON / January 24, 2020 – The Super Bowl, THE nation’s premiere sports event, will be held on February 2. In previous years, media outlets have used the event to highlight the problem

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Department of Education

Secretary DeVos Announces New, Proactive Civil Rights Compliance Center within Office for Civil Rights

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-announces-new-proactive-civil-rights-compliance-center-within-office-civil-rights?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= Secretary DeVos Announces New, Proactive Civil Rights Compliance Center within Office for Civil Rights ‘OPEN Center’ will focus on Outreach, Prevention, Education and Non-discrimination to Promote Equal Access in Education JANUARY 21, 2020 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at

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Title IX

Colorado’s 11-member Title IX review committee includes one rep for accused students

https://www.thecollegefix.com/colorados-11-member-title-ix-review-committee-includes-one-rep-for-accused-students/ Colorado’s 11-member Title IX review committee includes one rep for accused students GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •JANUARY 17, 2020 Heavily stacked with pro-accuser representatives Personnel is policy, as activists sometimes say. And Colorado has made clear via its personnel that it intends to ignore both the courts and the Trump administration’s forthcoming regulations on

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Title IX

Brett Sokolow criticizes live hearings and cross-examination, suggests there may be ‘clever work-arounds’

Brett Sokolow criticizes live hearings and cross-examination, suggests there may be ‘clever work-arounds’ by Samantha Harris January 15, 2020 Today in Inside Higher Ed, higher education risk-management specialist Brett Sokolow shares his thoughts on the changes coming to campus sexual misconduct adjudications when the Department of Education issues its new Title IX regulations. While he says that “[p]erhaps