Book contents
- Sexual Assault on Campus
- Cambridge Studies On Civil Rights And Civil Liberties
- Sexual Assault on Campus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Problem
- 2 The Fix?
- 3 Fixing the Fix
- 4 The Rubber Meets the Road
- 5 Ready, Fire, Aim
- 6 There’s a New Sheriff in Town
- 7 Due Process at Last!
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
3 - Fixing the Fix
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2022
Book contents
- Sexual Assault on Campus
- Cambridge Studies On Civil Rights And Civil Liberties
- Sexual Assault on Campus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Problem
- 2 The Fix?
- 3 Fixing the Fix
- 4 The Rubber Meets the Road
- 5 Ready, Fire, Aim
- 6 There’s a New Sheriff in Town
- 7 Due Process at Last!
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Chapter 3 investigates the problematic beginnings of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) issued by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) under President Obama. It explaina how the DCL misrepresented existing data, violated the Administrative Procedure Act by changing the law without going through notice and comment, and flouted existing norms. In the process, the chapter provides an in-depth discussion of the changes brought about by the DCL, including mandating a lower standard of proof in sexual assault hearings.
Keywords
2011 Dear Colleague LetterAdministrative Procedure Actnotice-and-commentsignificant guidance documentAmerican Congress v United States Department of Laborlegal effect testlegislative rulegrievance procedurespolice investigationstandard of proofpreponderance of the evidencelawyersappealretaliationnoticeremedyenforcementforce of lawGeneral Electric v Environmental Protection AgencyJames LankfordCatherine E. Lhamon
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- Sexual Assault on CampusDefending Due Process, pp. 61 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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