The Campus Kafka Era May Be Coming To A Close
Matthew Vadum writes at The Epoch Times that an Appeals Court Decision has led to a requirement for procedural fairness in campus sexual assault cases:
On Friday, it was the turn of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to protect the Fourteenth Amendment, and an all-woman panel, led by Judge Amy Coney Barrett, established a precedent that could be used against woke college administrators nationwide."In this case, a male student identified only as John Doe learned that his former girlfriend, identified as Jane, had accused him of sexual improprieties. The tribunal found him guilty and suspended him for a year, causing him to automatically lose a Navy ROTC scholarship and be expelled from the ROTC program.
At one point in the proceeding, Doe was horrified to be presented with an official report that falsely claimed he had confessed to the allegations made against him, according to the court opinion written by Barrett.
Katherine Sermersheim, Purdue's dean of students, informed Doe by letter that the university would be prosecuting him, even though Jane hadn't initiated a formal complaint.
...The accusations warranted "relatively formal procedures," yet "Purdue's process fell short of what even a high school must provide to a student facing a days-long suspension," Barrett noted in the opinion.
Purdue never disclosed the evidence against Doe, an act that by itself was "sufficient to render the process fundamentally unfair," she wrote.
The Obama-era policy gave Purdue "a financial motive for discriminating against males in sexual assault investigations" in order to protect its federal funding, Doe argued, according to the opinion.
"The resulting track record of enforcement would permit Purdue to signal its commitment to cracking down on campus sexual assault, thereby fending off any suggestion that it was not complying with the Department of Education's directive."
Basically, under this Obama-era policy, colleges were bribed by the Feds to yank due process from men accused of sexual assault on campus.
"Doe" in the Purdue case now gets a shot at actual justice.
via @cgarrett101, Cynthia P. Garrett, who defends those who've had their rights yanked from them in these cases.








Obama did the ultimate dad fantasy: Destroy college sex life and thus ensure the purity of his two princesses.
Sixclaws at July 6, 2019 6:20 AM
Bribed? No. Blackmailed. Bullied. Coerced.
Conan the Grammarian at July 6, 2019 6:57 AM
No. Blackmailed. Bullied. Coerced.
Nice research grants you have there. Be a terrible shame if something happened to them.
I R A Darth Aggie at July 6, 2019 7:30 AM
The problem I have with calling this bullying or coercion is there was next to no push back from the colleges. Instead it has a strong Brer Rabbit feel. 'Oh No Mr Obama! Please don't throw me into that brier patch! That would be terrible.'
Ben at July 6, 2019 12:18 PM
Who doesn't love Judge Barrett? She belongs on the Supreme Court.
El Verde Loco at July 6, 2019 2:22 PM
re: blackmail
yep - the Obama OCR's 'dear colleague' letter is probably the best known evidence of the administration's intentions. But the real threat came when the OCR and DoED promoted a bogus set of 'facts' about sexual assault on campuses and then held schools accountable to that data, claiming that failure to report commensurate statistics was potential evidence of weak Title IX enforcement. At the same time they (OCR and Justice Dept.) were recruiting litigants to prepare formal complaints against their schools. And Obama himself was going around claiming 1 in 5 women in college will be victims of sexual assault. So the message was very clear that schools needed to significantly increase not only the prosecution of sexual assaults but also findings of guilt against men, or potentially lose access to Federal student loans. That's not easy when your school is seeing less than a 1/10th of the complaints you're 'supposed to have'.
carly at July 6, 2019 3:11 PM
Bribed? No. Blackmailed. Bullied. Coerced.
--Conan
Colleges are run by people who want to destory men; they don't need to be blackmailed and bullied into doing so.
As always the boomer Conan doesn't understand that the instutions of this country are run by people who hate straight white men. If only cuckservatives like him actually did something while the Left siezed the press, the media, and finance we wouldn't be in this mess.
Jewish Cat at July 6, 2019 4:10 PM
You're a tiresome little racist, JC?
Conan the Grammarian at July 6, 2019 7:11 PM
What's a racist Conan?
Like I get it. The left told you that there is nothing worse then being a racist and being a good little cuckservative you bought into your enemie's premise; but what is a racist?
Like is someone who takes a look at this graph and let's it influence his personal decisions and policy preferences racist?
The Graph:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/murderrace.html
Is it racist to care about becoming a minority in a country where you used to be a majority? Does the answer change depending on weather the country is Israel?
Jewish Cat at July 6, 2019 7:31 PM
> Obama did the ultimate
> dad fantasy
The paint is still wet, but starting to feel like Obama wasn't so much ideological as he was partisan. He was from Chicago, fer Chrissake... The first rule is to grease the machine. Not sure he actually cared about anything more than Trump does, which is not at all. Obamacare came about because of a half-hearted question to his staff For A leftist Cause to which she could attach himself.
I don't have a television, but was continuously amazed at the number of TV clips on YouTube i n which he and the missus made comedic and self-flattering appearances.
Cell phone voice-to-text transcription goes its own weird capitalization
Crid at July 6, 2019 9:19 PM
One should be careful throwing around terms like “racist” lest those terms lose all meaning. The American left is, today, a good example of that, throwing around “-ist” or “-phobe” at everyone who dares express an opinion not in line with their prevailing orthodoxy.
Then there are people like JC, who see every political argument or social development solely in terms of race. Folks like this don’t argue politics in terms of philosophy or economics, but only in terms of race. And they couch their arguments in pseudo-intellectual trappings with lots of charts and graphs.
With them, there’s always a conspiracy; and those wily Jews are usually behind it.
These people exist on both the left and the right, and both are destroying our country, the left doing more damage than the right since it has more influence in popular entertainment and academics.
So yes, JC, in your case the shoe fits. You’re no better than the Farrakhans and Sharptons of this world; two sides of the same ugly coin.
They argue that since so many young back men are in prison, the system is racist; ignoring the question of whether these young men actually committed a crime.
You argue that not enough young black men are in jail, since they’re preternaturally disposed to violence and to hate white people; why, just look at the chart!
And how they breed! Why, they’re like rabbits. They’ll outnumber us soon and overrun the fort! And they all wanna diddle a white girl!
Good night, JC. Make sure you check under your bed for Jews and black people before you turn out the lights.
Conan the Grammarian at July 6, 2019 10:30 PM
Truth is, the anti-white animus that's become prominent in academia, media, and politics over the past few years is coming almost entirely from Progressive whites. There's actually little participation in, much less endorsement of, Progressives' race program by non-whites.
You can see this across the media and institutions that promote those views, and also in social surveys on the subject. e.g. https://hiddentribes.us/profiles - the 'woke' are the whitest and most cloistered cohort in the US. They're also dominated by white women, which probably explains their accompanying anti-male animus.
But I do think that Progressives aspire to dilute and displace the non-aligned white population where they can. As they've acknowledged, their belief is that once whites are a demographic minority in key regions, Progressivism will reign as an effective single party bloc over the US. This is basically Californication writ large. It's why they're suddenly so cuckoo for opening the border and refusing to enforce or even recognize immigration laws.
carly at July 7, 2019 11:13 AM
> As always the boomer Conan
> doesn't understand that
Bright guys don't spend years tugging themselves into tight coils of defensive resentment from unremarkable, simplistic assessments of social trends, or condescendingly encouraging others to do so. (Conan is certainly immune to such implorations anyway. But still...)
Jewish Cat gets on my nerves. He's always like that. I bet the JC initials are a half-ironic (but perhaps fully-pretentious) reference to some shallow or lapsed Christian enthusiasm.
Crid at July 7, 2019 11:20 AM
> coming almost entirely from
> Progressive whites.
Harris.
Crid at July 7, 2019 11:44 AM
"Colleges are run by people who want to destory men"
If you like your story, you can keep your story.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at July 7, 2019 12:33 PM
>> Harris
Yep. The funny thing is that wokeness and political correctness would lose most of their power if the people they claim to represent and defend ever got to speak for themselves.
carly at July 7, 2019 12:54 PM
Truth is, the anti-white animus that's become prominent in academia, media, and politics over the past few years is coming almost entirely from Progressive whites. There's actually little participation in, much less endorsement of, Progressives' race program by non-whites.
--Carly
No.
It comes from Jews. I really don't understand what's so hard to understand about this. Maybe being Jewish I can actually see what's going on.
It's very simple actually. Jews run most of the media and are very influential in finance and academia.
So some whites (especially women) believe what the media/ acedemia tells them: "Oh gosh Jessica have you read Prof. Goldberg's new book on abolishing whitness yet? Let's check it out after the new HBO show about Christian white men reneslaving women and blacks."
Other whites go along with the agenda to get positions of influence themselves. Even if they disagree they keep their mouth shut to keep their jobs.
If you want to have fun look up how many times someone making an anti white comment is Jewish. The results will surprise you.
if you doubt what I say about Jews in media start here:
https://twitter.com/jysexton/status/881619803080986626
Jews exressping anti white hate while pretending to be white:
https://i.redd.it/fo6b5nij7ce01.png
Jewish Cat at July 7, 2019 1:57 PM
Then there are people like JC, who see every political argument or social development solely in terms of race. Folks like this don’t argue politics in terms of philosophy or economics, but only in terms of race.
--Conan
You should have thought about this before allowing mass immigration boomer. I didn't care about race until I noticed that my fellow Jews and their liberal white thralls where promoting nationalism in non-whites and attacking whites. It became impossible to ignore around 2015. At that point I had to care about race.
In a multiracial society all politics becomes identity politics. Only homogenous societies can debate things like the merits of different economic systems.
Jewish Cat at July 7, 2019 2:06 PM
You argue that not enough young black men are in jail
--Conan
I never argued that Conan. Try to be honest.
They argue that since so many young back men are in prison, the system is racist; ignoring the question of whether these young men actually committed a crime.
--Conan
What an interesting thing to write Conan, since it implies you believe black people commit crime at a higher rate than white people.
Please elaborate. Why is this the case? Why do you think black people commit more crime?
Jewish Cat at July 7, 2019 2:15 PM
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at July 7, 2019 12:33 PM
✔
Totally stealing that line. It can be deployed in an enormous number of contexts.
Crid at July 7, 2019 6:31 PM
"What an interesting thing to write Conan, since it implies you believe black people commit crime at a higher rate than white people."
You're trolling or ignorant, since this number is known.
At least try to exhibit a little style and/or grace.
Radwaste at July 7, 2019 11:13 PM
Ya I know the number Radwaste. The point is that you goofballs can't explain the reason it is the way it is. Or you're scared to.
I'm pressing Conan on this point because it exposes a flaw in his worldview. Well multiple flaws in his worldview.
Jewish Cat at July 7, 2019 11:48 PM
No, Jewish Cat, you're not "pressing" me to "expose a flaw" in my worldview. You're trolling to bolster your own worldview using cherry-picked stats and pretzel reasoning.
Conan the Grammarian at July 8, 2019 8:29 AM
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