Tag: Due Process

The Obama administration has forced schools to disregard the truth and abolish the presumption of innocence in favor of a policy of "listen and believe." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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Obama, Biden won’t visit schools they claim don’t take sex assault seriously

Ashe Schow · July 6, 2016 8:48 pm

The petition calls on senators and members of the committee to —œrein in the federal Office for Civil Rights.—£ (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)

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Rights group petitions Senate over campus sexual assault

Ashe Schow · June 30, 2016 7:35 pm

The bill reins in the ever-expanding definition of sexual assault by limiting it to existing standards. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Rights group proposes bill to properly handle campus sexual assault

Ashe Schow · June 28, 2016 6:28 pm

Civil rights icon John Lewis helped organize the sit-in, which was ironic since Lewis was once mistakenly placed on a terrorist watch list and was even a signatory on a 2014 letter complaining about lack of due process on such lists. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

A stunt unworthy of the people’s house

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2016 4:02 am

Government officials abuse power. That's one reason we have due process protections, and strictly limited and separated government powers. Just ask John Lewis. (AP Photo)

Dems: ‘We shall overcome’ checks on police power

Timothy P. Carney · June 23, 2016 10:54 pm

Democratic Congressman Accidentally Argues Terrorist Watch Lists Could Have Due Process Problem

Shoshana Weissmann · June 23, 2016 8:20 pm

Rubio has a due process problem. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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If re-elected, here’s how Rubio can do some good in the Senate

Ashe Schow · June 23, 2016 4:22 pm

Burr isn't sure it's good enough to "meet the threshold that I think due process needs to happen." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Intelligence chair ‘skeptical’ of compromise gun bill

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2016 7:59 pm

The bill to stop those on the Terror Watch list from buying firearms may sound OK, until you realize that anyone can end up on this list, including completely innocent U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)

Beyond the 2nd Amendment: Dems have a problem with the whole Bill of Rights

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2016 9:57 am

"We don't deprive a person of rights in this country simply because the executive branch put that person on a secret list," Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said. (AP Photo)

Attorney: Democrats ‘don’t give a s–t’ about gun rights

Becket Adams · June 19, 2016 4:01 am

A former University of Virginia student is suing his former school and the federal government over his expulsion for alleged sexual assault. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Another student is suing the government over campus sexual assault

Ashe Schow · June 17, 2016 6:28 pm

Due process is what's killing us right now," said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Due process is under assault in America

Ashe Schow · June 17, 2016 4:00 am