A Harvard Law Professor Is Representing Harvey Weinstein. Students Say This Makes Them Unsafe, Demand His Resignation.
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.
Universities must allow students to cross-examine accusers and witnesses, the ruling states.
A new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education argues DeVos's due process reforms are urgently needed.
That's PATRIOT Act thinking.
USC's procedures didn't fairly treat the accused, a California appellate court rules.
#MeToo has come for the popular astrophysicist. Let's withhold judgement.
The Arizona Supreme Court got it right: categorical denials of bail to persons charged with sexual assault violates the Constitution.
Cross-examination, stricter definition of misconduct, and greater flexibility
Justice Anthony Kennedy's bogus 2002 claim figures prominently in defenses of an Arizona bail ban.
Lawsuit wants to curb actions like "Operation Choke Point' in which bank regulators discourage banks from servicing certain customers, including gun and ammo dealers.
Surveillance footage disproves her allegations-and reminds everyone not to automatically believe victims.
"If this were a legal proceeding, many (if not all) of the members of the [Senate Judiciary Committee] would have to recuse themselves."
The Sixth Circuit reaffirms this, including for sexual assault accusations, in a case against the University of Michigan; and the court also allows plaintiff to proceed with his claim that the process was biased against him because of his sex.
If credibility is at stake, "the university must give the accused student or his agent an opportunity to cross-examine the accuser."
"While not a criminal matter, an order of protection exposes a respondent to an array of restrictions, including severe limitations on his or her Second Amendment rights. A respondent deserves a meaningful due process opportunity to present his or her case."
#MeToo madness: it's wrong to use Title IX, a feminist tool, "to take down a feminist."
It's not a crime to travel with lots of cash. But you still might be treated like a criminal.
A new ruling says the city's civil forfeiture program violates the right to due process.
Nice to see that the nation's top law enforcement officer is aware of "innocent until proven guilty."
"We remind respondent -- and all other colleges and universities, particularly state-affiliated institutions -- of their unwavering obligation to conduct student disciplinary proceedings in a manner that comports with fundamental notions of due process for the accused, that renders determinations consistent with the facts, and that respects the presumption of innocence to which all students are entitled."
Andrea Pino's gruesome campus rape report jump-started national reforms, but even other activists are asking questions.
It is well-established that everyone within the United States, even those who may have entered illegally or over-stayed a visa, are entitled to Due Process.
Star Trek actor is a victim of #MeToo overreach.
Faculty take a stand against an unfair investigation.
A Florida case highlights the due process issues raised by gun violence restraining orders.
The Department of Justice's loophole lets officials seize property without having to get a conviction.
Indefinite detention carried the day in Jennings v. Rodriguez, but the ruling affirms an important principle that may eventually kill the practice.
Senators want to use secret, largely unaccountable government watchlists as a justification for denying some citizens' due process.
Such orders can easily be used to take away innocent people's Second Amendment rights.
In a wide-ranging interview, the "Notorious RBG" suggests colleges campuses are not providing adequate process to the accused.
Shooting revives deliberately misleading talking points about a bad regulation both the NRA and the ACLU opposed.
Lawmakers are considering long-overdue civil asset forfeiture reform, and law enforcement leaders aren't happy.
"Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation."
Although his conviction was invalid, the appeals court says, his civil commitment as a "sexually dangerous person" remains legal.
Campus Title IX policies punish male students for similarly problematic sexual encounters.
Due process is supposed to protect you from government abuse, not protect government abuse.
The city earns more than $2 million a year grabbing more than 1,800 vehicles.
Gerardo Serrano still has not been compensated for the expenses imposed by the seizure.
Is rape culture out of control, or have we entered a new era of "sexual McCarthyism?"
Two cases give the Court a chance to reconsider its counterintuitive conclusions about commitment and registration.
An appeal asks SCOTUS to decide the question, noting that the program has released just one "patient" in 23 years.
A new lawsuit argues that owners of vehicles seized at the border have a constitutional right to prompt hearings.
When law enforcement agencies make money by seizing property, due process vanishes.
Grant Neal's girlfriend told school administrators repeatedly that he didn't rape her. They expelled him anyway.
Lack of due process or transparency keeps father from knowing why it happened or how to fix it.
An article in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities says "yes."
But a California court says he was was denied a fair hearing
Judge says that University of California, Santa Barbara, may have denied accused male student due process