The ACLU Declines to Defend Civil Rights

xNOM · 2018-11-19T21:28:54+00:00

Wow. The ACLU has gone full-on far left. It used to be fairly neutral. On the bright side, the Atlantic seems to have at least a smidgen of political diversity now.

EDIT: I don't even understand this argument. Isn't sexual assault a crime? Why are they downgrading it to sexual harassment all of a sudden?

The ACLU blog post argues:

Schools could adopt a standard of proof that favors the respondent.

Standards of proof are integral to fair proceedings. The customary standard of proof for civil proceedings, where both sides have something to lose and there is no reason to favor one side over the other, requires proof by a preponderance of the evidence, which is more than 50 percent. The preponderance of the evidence standard applies in all other sexual harassment proceedings and should apply here as well. Previous Department of Education guidance adopted that standard of proof.

But the new regulation would allow schools to use a “clear and convincing evidence” standard, which favors the respondent by finding against complainants even where it is more likely than not that their account is accurate. There is no reason to weight the scales against complainants in civil disciplinary proceedings, and doing so will predictably result in findings for respondents even where it is more likely than not that the assault took place.

DavidByron2 · 2018-11-19T22:14:29+00:00

The ACLU defends the civil rights of Nazis, but they draw the line at defending men.

Title	The ACLU Declines to Defend Civil Rights
Author	Sewblon
Upvotes	56
Comments	5
Date	November 19, 2018 7:44 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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